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Donald Trump: “They were enriching material under granite mountains.”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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President Trump Holds a Press Conference, Jun. 17, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 13:24

And you'll see that very clearly in the agreement. But then the second phase of that was they were building or they were enriching material, as they say. I call it nuclear dust. They were enriching material under granite mountains. Granite being for those not in the construction business, granite being a very strong, the strongest stone. It's not as pretty as marble, but it's much more. It's much stronger. (13:24–13:28)

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Asserts that Iran was enriching nuclear material under granite mountains.

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