team, a small group of leaders, you in the u.s., others in the middle east, bibi netanyahu, ben psalm on, bin saeedare working to try to steer president trump into a conflict with iran. your response? >> john: he also said in another interview he wished he were working with the 18. in the past few days, north koreans have also called me cited. if the cubans upset i'm a pathological liar. i say i've had a pretty good week. >> chris: and your response to his allegation though that you and some middle east leaders are trying to foment a conflict between the u.s. and iran? >> john: it's completely ridiculous. i think with that interview showed was a carefully prepared propaganda script by the iranians. this is their effort to try and so disinformation and the american body politic. the fact is the president of foster's policy on the run has been clear while before i arrived in the administration. it is to put maximum pressure on the regime to get it to change its behavior. and i think it's working and i think that's what they're worried about. >> chris: he is right about one thing. in 2017, as he said,