Trump Just Made a Truly Shocking Admission About Iran |
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In two recent interviews, President Donald Trump admitted that there is no real reason to continue his war against Iran. Instead, in remarks that revealed both a clear understanding of certain facts and a narcissistic way of framing them, he said he couldn’t stop fighting now because of “public relations” and a vague need to “feel good.”
On a Fox News show on Friday, host Bret Baier asked Trump whether it might be feasible to retrieve Iran’s enriched uranium. Trump replied that it would be very hard for either the Iranians or U.S. troops to get at the material because his attack last June—a bomber raid on three sites encased inside a mountain—left the “nuclear dust” (as Trump called it) buried under heavy granite rubble.
“It was hit so hard,” Trump said, “the mountain literally collapsed on it.”
This seemed to startle Baier. “Why isn’t that good enough?” the........