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Elizabeth Warren: “The United States had a deal that could have prevented Iran…”

Featuring: Elizabeth Warren, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Massachusetts

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SAVE Act: Warren Fights Back Against "Jim Crow 2.0," Slams Trump's Reckless War in Iran

Published | Video Starts at 22:49

Both of those things cannot be true at the same time. And understand this. If Trump believes that Iran's nuclear ambitions are a threat, then he had a chance to curb them. In fact, The United States had a deal that could have prevented Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. That was President Obama's nuclear deal with Iran. And Trump ripped up that deal. And here's the best part. Got nothing. Nothing in return. (22:49–23:00)

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Asserts that Obama's nuclear deal could have prevented Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

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