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J. D. Vance: “We have affirmatively and comprehensively destroyed [Iran's]…”

Featuring: J. D. Vance, Republican | Vice President of the United States | National

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Published | Video Starts at 01:11

So that's the leverage point and simultaneously the enforcement mechanism we have over their nuclear program. And if you step back, the last point that I'd make about this is that We have affirmatively and comprehensively destroyed [Iran's] nuclear program from what we've done over the last year and a half in the Trump administration. What this agreement does is say to the Iranians that you don't have access to the money to rebuild that nuclear program. (01:11–01:20)

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Asserts that the Trump administration has destroyed Iran's nuclear program over the past year and a half.

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