← At the U.N., Trump Asks Whether to Make a Deal With Iran "or Do I Annihilate the Islamic Republic and Do It Quickly" and Says Tehran Is "Waiting to See How I Do in the Midterm" — Hours Later Witkoff and Kushner Sit Down With Iran's Foreign Minister for Three Hours, and Tim Kaine Asks "Who Talks Like That?"
“The president's threat to annihilate Iran is nonsensical. You know, he's been trying that for six months now. … The Iranians have for six months sustained the very worst that we and the Israelis can throw at them. … Look, the Iranians now, in some sense, control what happens on Election Day. … If the Iranian regime wants to make sure that Mike Lawler loses in New York-17, or that Ashley Hinson is not a senator in the Midwest, they will call their friends the Houthis and say, fire five missiles at five ships … oil goes up to $120 a barrel. Diesel, already at record highs, goes to $8 a gallon. … So do you think they're giving up that position before the election? Of course they're not.
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