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Mike Waltz Struggles To Explain Trump's Iran Goals, Defends Rejecting Proposal To End War
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The ambassador said the U.S. needs to destroy Iran's nuclear capabilities, despite Trump repeatedly claiming they are already "obliterated."
Mike Waltz, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said Sunday that President Trump rejected Iranian officials’ ceasefire proposal because they asked for “everything up front.” “They were asking for everything up front. They were asking for relief from billions and billions of sanctions that are going into place…