President Donald Trump said he would not allow Iran to restart its nuclear program after Tehran suspended cooperation with international nuclear inspectors.
Speaking to reporters on July 4 aboard Air Force One, the president said last month’s airstrikes on Iran’s three uranium enrichment sites were a “great success” that he believes has permanently crippled the country’s nuclear capabilities. He did acknowledge, however, that the program could in theory be restarted elsewhere.
“The whole nuclear thing, I would say, is set back permanently,” Trump said as he traveled to New Jersey after an Independence Day celebration at the White House. “If they were to do it again, they might as well start in a different location, because that location is totally demolished.”...
