Helena Humphrey

Unpredicability is a hallmark of the Trump presidency, isn't it? So let's just take a look at the facts. What we can say is yes, there is a clear US military build-up in the Gulf, similar to that posture that we saw ahead of the strike on Venezuela in the case of the seizure of the former president Nicolas Maduro.

Ja jos käytät tämän metodin, kuten tässä, presidentti Trump on näyttänyt meille, että hän on valmis käyttämään vahvoja Iranin vastaan. Laita ajatuksesi takaisin viikonloppuun, kun Yhdysvallat laittoi operation Midnight Hammerin, joka laittoi iranian nuklearipalveluja. Ja luulen, että se historia tekee yhdessä yhdysvallan yhdysvallan vaikutuksen hieman haastavampi.

At the same time, there are analysts who say, could this be posturing? Could this be a pressure tactic designed to push Iran back to the negotiating table when it comes to a nuclear deal? But again, on that topic of unpredictability, remember just weeks ago, as Elise Doucette's piece was referencing there, President Trump had encouraged Iranians to keep protesting during those mass demonstrations.

They do indeed. I mean, President Trump has been speaking about this massive armada in the Gulf, saying it's larger than the naval force he previously deployed off the coast of Venezuela and said that time is running out for discussions over that nuclear deal. Remember, that was the nuclear deal that was negotiated under President Obama, which Donald Trump essentially ripped up. So were the U.S.,

To strike, analysts say that Washington has several options. Could it be limited attacks on Iran's military capabilities, perhaps? Would it be something more ambitious and far riskier? And this perhaps goes more to the heart of the protester issue, and that would be targeting the regime itself.

Itself. And in terms of actual tactics here, if you take a look at Midnight Hammer, that operation, it was short and sharp. This time we are seeing that large build-up of assets, though. Marco Rubio, the Secretary of State, has said that this is all defensive in case of American troops in the region are attacked. But at the moment, this is very much to do with wanting to see a nuclear deal as opposed to those deeply concerning images.

and numbers that we have coming out of Iran right now with regards to those protesters killed.

When I plant, the plants stay small and they burn because the heat is very severe. So there were two or three years that you don't get any profits. So you're one of those that took this case to the courts in the Netherlands. And the judge did find it in your favor and said that the people of your island were treated differently from the mainland Netherlanders. Yes.

Do you hope that this case may have implications for other people also challenging this through the courts?

Sorry?

Sorry?

Sorry?

I like the sound of skipping a rock on a frozen pond or river. I'm here in Canada and it sounds out of this world.

I like the sound of skipping a rock on a frozen pond or river. I'm here in Canada and it sounds out of this world.

I like the sound of skipping a rock on a frozen pond or river. I'm here in Canada and it sounds out of this world.

And Steve, what do you think this tells us about relations between the United States and Russia right now? Are we witnessing a shift?

And Steve, what do you think this tells us about relations between the United States and Russia right now? Are we witnessing a shift?