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Steve Witkoff: “They were not ready to make a deal. They were not close to…”

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

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Witkoff: Iran's foreign minister started yelling and screaming | The Record with Greta Van Susteren

Published | Video Starts at 10:44

And in particular, President Trump, who's got that, you know, he's got that decision to make. That's an awesome responsibility. But I think we did our job in assessing that They were not ready to make a deal. They were not close to being able to make a deal. I'll give you one additional data point. There were many. There's 15, 20, 25 indications throughout these negotiations that they were there, not in good faith. (10:44–10:49)

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