Because he said he was giving two more weeks of diplomacy on Friday and on Friday these jets took off. Well, the President retains the opportunity to pull out of this at any moment, including 10 minutes before. But The president ordered options. The pres. Look, the decision, in my view, was made when he wrote a letter to the Supreme Leader and he said over the next 60 days we want to do a deal with you and solve this problem of nuclear weaponization. We want to do it peacefully. If after 60 days we don't see progress or it isn't solved, we have other alternatives. He made that very clear. (17:22–17:34)
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