Transcript: John Kennedy on 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?" — WhatDidTheySay?

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John Kennedy

Senator (LA)

Sep 27, 2026

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Iran made an offer recently to the president. It was not a serious offer. … We need to continue doing what we're doing. The sanctions, the blockade.

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Transcript: Sen. John Kennedy on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Sept. 27, 2026.

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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?" →