Karoline Leavitt: “The president has always been very clear, though, with…”

“The president had a very successful operation as commander in chief with Operation Midnight Hammer, as you know, as you just said, totally obliterated Iran's nuclear nuclear facilities. The president has always been very clear, though, with respect to Iran or any country around the world. Diplomacy is always his first option. and Iran would be very wise to make a deal with President Trump and with this administration. He's talking to many people, of course, his national security team first and foremost, and you know, who the members of that team are.” (1:10:09–1:10:15)

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