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‘Trying to bludgeon reality with words’: Trump calls new strikes on Iran ‘just a love tap’
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May 9, 2026
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11:54Now PlayingFriday, Central Command said U.S. military forces carried out airstrikes hitting and disabling two Iranian-flagged oil tankers trying to break the American naval blockade. The President told ABC News' Rachel Scott the U.S. response was "just a love tap" and not a sign the ceasefire was over. Former senior U.S. diplomat and member of the Obama administration’s negotiating team for the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, Alan Eyre, joins “The Weekend” to discuss.
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