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Steve Witkoff: “President Trump sent me and Jared there...elimination of…”

Featuring: Steve Witkoff, Republican | U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East | National

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Iran thought they could strong-arm us: Steve Witkoff

Published | Video Starts at 05:22

Happen and dictate to you that the one thing that President Trump insisted on, they can't get a nuclear weapon. They're going to go forward anyway. How stupid are they were they. They're done. They're gone now. Well, … President Trump sent me and Jared there...elimination of their missile program, elimination of their advocacy and support for proxies...elimination of their navy...no nuclear enrichment. … And we went in there and tried to make a fair deal with them. And it was, it was, it was very, very clear that it was, that it was going to be impossible probably by the end of the second meeting. (05:22–05:59)

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Asserts that President Trump's objectives included eliminating Iran's missile program, proxy support, navy, and nuclear enrichment.

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