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Tim Walz: “Iran is closer to a nuclear weapon than they were before…”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

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Published | Video Starts at 08:02

We had a coalition of nations that had boxed Iran's nuclear program in the inability to advance it. Donald Trump pulled that program and put nothing else in its place. So Iran is closer to a nuclear weapon than they were before because of Donald Trump's fickle leadership. And when Iran shot down an american aircraft in international airspace, Donald Trump tweeted, because that's the standard diplomacy of Donald Trump. (08:02–08:07)

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Claims that Iran's progress towards a nuclear weapon advanced due to Trump's leadership.

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