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Brian Schatz: “None of Donald Trump's original objectives have been met. He…”

Featuring: Brian Schatz, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Hawaii

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Senate Democratic Leadership Press Conference 06/16/2026

Published | Video Starts at 05:17

Tens of billions of dollars, maybe hundreds of billions of dollars in three months. And prices spiked everywhere. Gasoline, utilities, fertilizer, groceries, everything is more expensive. And despite all of that, None of Donald Trump's original objectives have been met. He wanted to annihilate Iran's military capabilities and that has not happened. He wanted to abolish their nuclear ambitions and that has not happened. Any agreement on nuclear weapons still needs to be negotiated and is very unlikely to be better than the original deal under President Obama. (05:17–05:29)

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Asserts that Trump's objective to annihilate Iran's military capabilities has not been achieved.

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