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Kristen Welker: “And yet, Mr. President, Iran was the closest to developing…”

Featuring: Kristen Welker, Host of Meet the Press | National

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Meet the Press Full Episode — June 7

Published | Video Starts at 27:29

And by the way, I took the worst border in history and I made it the best border in history in a matter of weeks. And yet, Mr. President, Iran was the closest to developing weapons grade uranium after you ripped up the nuclear deal because there were no guardrails in place. They were developing it during the nuclear deal. You don't know that. What? Iran. When Obama signed that stupid deal where he paid them billions and billions of dollars, he thought he could bribe them. (27:29–27:41)

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Asserts that Iran was closest to developing weapons-grade uranium after [the President] ended the nuclear deal.

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