This is not a- the JCPOA was a path to a bomb, what this deal will be, will be a wall to a bomb, and that was the objective from the beginning, very clear from the beginning.
Pete Hegseth
The Public Record
U.S. Secretary of Defense in the Trump administration; Army National Guard veteran and former Fox News host.
If Iran does not want to comply, then they can deal with the War Department again, which we'd rather not have to do.
Nobody makes better and more munitions than the United States of America, and we are open to co-production wherever we can.
Yes, they should. It's called the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition, ACCC, and we're forming it with partner governments all around Central and South America.
It's called the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition, A3C, and we're forming it with partner governments all around Central and South America to go after, defeat, and destroy foreign terrorist organizations, drug cartels.
The entirety of the might of the U.S. War Department is prepared to ensure Iran never has a nuclear weapon.
It's been military pressure and strength from President Trump that's compelled Iran to this deal, which will be performance-based when it's signed.
The blockade has been a devastating success for us and impact on the Iranians.
Well, what- Margaret, what I would say the president's been most clear about is that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, never. Full stop.
The move demonstrates the Trump Administration's earnest commitment to unprecedented transparency.
If we need to negotiate with bombs, we'll negotiate with bombs. And we're very good at it.