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Richard Blumenthal: “Where Trump is now headed seems to be very much the JCPOA…”

Featuring: Richard Blumenthal, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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"Trump has Made a Fundamental Miscalculation" Blumenthal Slams Cost of War in Iran

Published | Video Starts at 02:52

And the question really is, John, as you've identified it very correctly, will they have some lesser enrichment of uranium, such as the JCPOA contemplate? So Where Trump is now headed seems to be very much the JCPOA 2.0, maybe slightly changed, and it could have been the result of negotiations, not a war. That was based on a fundamental miscalculation. Secretary of Defense Pete Hexis says that I'm paraphrasing here, that essentially the United States holds all the cards. Is that how you see it? (02:52–03:06)

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Asserts that current actions resemble a JCPOA 2.0, which could have been achieved through negotiations.

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