And it was in his letter to the Supreme Leader. He said, we will America not permit you to acquire nuclear weapons. And secondarily, We will not permit you [Iran] to persistently support Iranian proxies that are in fact terrorist groups. Those are the two conditions. And what happened 61 days after the letter, I was in the sit room again. Operation Midnight Hammer. (31:05–31:12)
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Asserts that the U.S. policy under Trump was to prevent Iran from supporting terrorist proxies.
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