IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “President Hassan Rouhani of Iran said on Tuesday [9-25-18] that the United States under Donald Trump is exhibiting a ‘Nazi disposition’ as it adopts a more unilateral worldview and reimposes a slew of sanctions on the Islamist government in Tehran. Speaking before world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly, Rouhani didn’t mention Trump by name. But there was little question his remarks were aimed at the Republican U.S. president, who Rouhani also suggested lacked intellect. Trump and Rouhani have been verbally circling each other since Trump pulled the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal earlier this year. The president has since said he would be willing to meet with Rouhani without preconditions, but the odds of that appeared close to zero after Tuesday. Earlier in the day, Trump wrote on Twitter that although he had no plans to meet the Iranian leader during this year’s General Assembly, he was sure that Rouhani ‘is an absolutely lovely man!’ But during his own speech to the world body, delivered before Rouhani, Trump blasted Iran’s clerical leaders, saying they ‘sow chaos, death, and destruction.’”
–Nahal Toosi, “U.S. displaying ‘Nazi disposition’ under Trump, Iranian leader tells U.N.,” Politico, September 25, 2018 3:26 pm