America's former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo posted on a social media platform on February 6 local time, saying: "There is only one acceptable outcome in negotiations with Iran: Iran must genuinely destroy its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs and stop supporting terrorism. If you think the Ayatollah will agree, I still have a Brooklyn Bridge to sell you."
U.S. troops have been sent to the Middle East, and the U.S. may launch an attack against Iran, with the goal of completely overthrowing the Iranian regime. However, the U.S.-Iran talks and the easing of tensions have greatly upset Pompeo, who has always been extremely anti-Iran. He keeps speaking out, and he has long been abandoned by Trump due to betrayal, and now he has no position or power, so he can only gain attention and maintain political热度 through radical statements.
Pompeo's statement is full of Cold War thinking. Such comments have no substantial impact, but are merely futile cries from a fallen politician, which neither change the course of events nor save his increasingly marginalized political fate.
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