Mike Waltz, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said President Donald Trump “will leave all options on the table” when asked if the president is preparing to resume military strikes against Iran after the midterms.
Waltz made the remark Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” after moderator Kristen Welker mentioned a Wall Street Journal report that Trump rejected Iran’s conditional proposal for reopening the Strait of Hormuz and told his aides he anticipates resuming bombing Iran after the November elections.
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Trump confirmed he had rejected Iran’s latest offer while speaking with reporters Saturday.
“Is that true? Can you confirm that?” Welker asked Waltz about the potential resumed attacks.
Waltz responded, “Well, that’s anonymous reporting. What I can tell you is the president will leave all options on the table to ensure the world is safe from Iran holding the world hostage with a nuclear weapon, number one. And number two, he was quite clear in his speech before the U.N. that politics have nothing to do with this.”
Waltz then told Welker, “This is about keeping the next generation safe from Iran threatening the world with a nuclear weapon or building such a mountain, a conventional shield of drones and missiles that they can achieve breakout in these underground facilities behind that shield.”
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Last week, Iran offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and reopen talks on its nuclear program if the United States lifted its naval blockade of Iranian ports and waived sanctions on Iranian oil sales, among other conditions.
Welker went on to question what is left to accomplish in this war after noting the president has said multiple times that Iran’s nuclear potential has been destroyed.
“Well, we know that we obliterated their ability to enrich in a number of these facilities,” he replied. “But we also know they moved and dispersed highly enriched uranium. Again, Kristen, there is no reason. No country on Earth with a peaceful civilian program has a need to enrich to weapons-grade or just short of weapons-grade.”
Watch Waltz’s comments below.
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