Steve Witkoff: “We could not make a deal that fulfilled your objectives of…”

“Mr. President, you directed Jared and I to pursue a diplomatic resolution with Iran prior to Operation Epic Fury, which we did. However, it became quite clear during these meetings with the Iranian negotiating team that We could not make a deal that fulfilled your objectives of the no enrichment whatsoever, no chance of weaponizing whatsoever. Decommissioning of Fordeau, Natanz and Espahan, which you destroyed in Operation Midnight Hammer. No stockpiling of any material which they flagrantly violated, turning all enriched material over to us and a cutback in Iran's missile inventory and range capability of those same missiles.” (00:28–00:38)

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