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xocetaceans

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Tue May 12, 2026, 10:09 PM 1 hr ago

(MS NOW) Trump: "I only think about one thing and that's getting nukes away from Iran."



Yes, the title is a partial quotation from Trump: see 05:04 in the video.

It is interesting that Trump's quote is reported by MS NOW only to be repeated a few times as if it were a remotely accurate statement. There is a gulf between having enriched uranium, having the engineering expertise actually to build a functioning warhead, and actually possessing nuclear weapons.

At no point, has it been reported as far as I know that Iran actually "has nukes". Yes, they have enriched uranium to some uncertain grade, and they have some degree of missile technology, but again as far as I have heard, it has never been reported that Iran actually 'has nuclear weapons' which is what "has/had nukes" means.

K. Tur: ". . . getting nukes away from Iran is still a long way off. We're in a ceasefire right now. Iran still has nukes, and there is no . . . there's been no compromise made between the Americans and Iran regarding their nukes."

So, her statement is not true in that Iran purportedly does not actually have nukes as noted above. It is very unhelpful for the non-Fox News side of the news media/commentary industry to be so careless with their commentary. It could be that people are ill-informed enough.
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