Started with the State of the Union address and the president saying we have to stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. There is a bipartisan consensus for that position. But it's hard for this president to explain why In his first term, [President Trump] eliminated the international inspectors in Iran who were making sure that they didn't develop a nuclear weapon. Those inspectors were eliminated by President Trump in his first term. The second explanation of why we are at war in Iran was their development of ballistic missiles. (00:52–01:01)
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Asserts that President Trump eliminated international inspectors in Iran during his first term.
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