Trump forced to escalate as Iranians ‘haven’t gotten the message’

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a new deal to allow Saudi Arabia nuclear enrichment is contingent on normalizing relations with Israel.

His statement followed attacks by Iran-backed Houthi terrorists on two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, and as the president weighs up expanded strikes against a still defiant Iranian regime.

David Wurmser, Middle East affairs analyst at the Center for Security Policy, unpacked the interdependent escalations in the Middle East on NTD Evening News.