Trump said the American people understand Iran can’t have a nuclear weapon. “They thought they were going to out wait me, you know,” Trump said. “‘We’ll out wait him. He’s got the midterms.’ I don’t care about the midterms. Look what happened last night. That was the prelude to the midterms. People understand it. They know that, very simple, Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon,” the president added. Former CENTCOM Commander Gen. Joseph Votel said Iran’s reported effort to lay mines in the Strait of Hormuz suggests Tehran is “hedging its bets” and attempting to ramp up pressure on the U. S. amid ongoing negotiations.
“Clearly the Iranians are trying to hedge their bets here and put more pressure on the U. S.
