Is Iran getting the North Korea treatment from Trump?

READY FOR ROUHANI: We’ve seen this movie before. President Trump threatens “fire and fury the likes of which the world has never seen,” or as he did last week, “consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before,” only to then express an openness to diplomacy and dialogue.

The possibility of a rapprochement with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani — who Trump flamed in an ALL-CAPS tweet just eight days ago — came as result of what appeared to be an off-the-cuff response to a question at yesterday’s press conference with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. “You’ve met with the leaders of North Korea and Russia,” asked Roberta Rampton of Reuters. “Are you willing to meet with President Rouhani and under what conditions?”