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Cory Booker: “Before he became president the first time, they [Iran] had…”

Featuring: Cory Booker, Democratic | U.S. Senate, New Jersey

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So we haven't had an official briefing, but this is what I'm seeing that has me so outraged right now is the president said he went into this to deal with their nuclear program. This does not deal with that. Before he became president the first time, they [Iran] had no highly enriched uranium. They had sent it out. Now they have it because of him. Number two is he criticized roundly that the deal that got rid of their nuclear program, or at least their highly enriched program, involved getting $50 billion for Iran. (00:43–00:48)

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Asserts that Iran had no highly enriched uranium before Trump's presidency.

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