But one of the rationales that seems to now be the one that they rely on is, well, of course the war is needed to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. No, it isn't. We had stopped Iran from getting a nuclear weapon by a diplomatic deal that Donald Trump chose to tear up. as my colleague just mentioned, that had stopped Iran's nuclear program. That deal was a comprehensive deal that took months, even years to negotiate. It contained some provisions that were time limited. (03:26–03:34)
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Asserts that a diplomatic deal prevented Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons until it was ended by Trump.
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