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Rep. Adam Smith: Trump’s ability to ‘BS the world’ on Iran is ‘otherworldly’
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April 18, 2026
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Amid clashing narratives between Donald Trump and Iran, House Armed Services Committee ranking member Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) tells MS NOW’s Jonathan Capehart that Donald Trump is trying to “bluff his way” through Iran negotiations. Rep. Smith says Trump’s claims are misleading, adding, “we're no closer now than we were before Donald Trump made up all the stuff he made up earlier today.”
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