Karoline Leavitt: “Iran does pose an imminent indirect threat to the United…”

“This decision to launch this operation was based on a cumulative effect of various direct threats that Iran posed to the United States of America. And the President's feeling, based on fact, that Iran does pose an imminent indirect threat to the United States of America. based on the fact that they are the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism, based on the fact that they were rapidly and aggressively building up their ballistic missile program …” (53:58–54:35)

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