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'Time Has Come' to End Iran Nuclear Program, Rep. Lawler (R-NY)
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8:45Now PlayingNew York Republican Representative Mike Lawler Says "the time has come" for the US to act to eliminate Iran's nuclear program. Rep. Lawler also discusses negotiations around the SALT cap as the house and the senate remain far apart on key tax bill provisions.'
President Donald Trump said Iran squandered the chance to make a deal over its nuclear enrichment, but declined to say whether the US plans to join Israel’s offensive aimed at destroying the program.
“I may do it. I may not do it,” Trump told reporters Wednesday at the White House when asked if he is moving closer to bombing Iran. “I mean, nobody knows what I’m going to do.”
Iran had been in negotiations with the US over its nuclear program for weeks, and had a further meeting scheduled, when Israel attacked Friday. The two Mideast nations have since traded missile strikes and escalating rhetoric — Israeli leaders threatening to topple the Islamic Republic, and their Iranian counterparts vowing defiance and retaliation — while the Trump administration weighs how deeply to get involved in its ally’s war.
Trump’s ambiguous comments add a new layer of tension to the deepening Israel-Iran clash. The president, who has campaigned for a decade in opposition to American wars in the Middle East, also faces a tense divide among his supporters over whether the US should enter the fray. America has so far limited its participation to helping Israel defend itself against Iranian missile and drone launches.
Trump said he encouraged Benjamin Netanyahu in a call Tuesday to “keep going” with his offensive operations, adding that he gave the Israeli premier no indication that US forces would participate in the attacks.
But the US is seen as being able to provide military firepower necessary to destroy Iran’s underground enrichment facility at Fordow, which analysts say Israel is unable to do alone. Iran has warned it can hit American bases across the region, where tens of thousands of troops are stationed, if the US joins the Israeli attack.
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