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Chris Murphy: “Trump willfully precipitated a moment where Iran is only…”

Featuring: Chris Murphy, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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'A Mistake Of Just Epic Scale': Chris Murphy Hammers Trump Over 'Illegal' Strikes On Iran

Published | Video Starts at 01:12

We had a diplomatic deal with Iran to do that. It was working until Trump threw it out against the advice of all of his advisors. So let's be really clear here. Trump willfully precipitated a moment where Iran is only apparently a handful of weeks away from a nuclear weapon. And I'm not even sure that that's true. You can't trust anything coming out of this administration. Now, he also says that his goal is regime change. (01:12–01:20)

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Asserts that Trump's actions have brought Iran close to developing a nuclear weapon.

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