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On the recordJune 12, 2026
No. President Trump has changed the justifications for this war and repeatedly said a peace deal is going to happen tomorrow. It's going to happen today. It's not going to happen at all. I'm going to obliterate Iran. We're going to destroy them. We're going to bomb them. This really undermines President Trump's credibility at home and abroad. And it concerns me deeply that he just doesn't have a clear strategy for getting out of this terrible situation in Iran that he's created.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware
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npr.org
Jun 12, 2026

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Discussing President Trump's approach to Iran.

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