Trump says Iranians moved themselves, not uranium, before US strikes: ‘Trying to live’

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President Donald Trump suggested that Iran moved personnel rather than its uranium out of its Fordow enrichment facility before last weekend’s U.S. strikes on the site.

In an interview with Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo, Trump spoke at length about Operation Midnight Hammer, praising the talent of the B-2 bomber pilots and saying they would be hosted at the White House soon. When asked about questions regarding the damage the airstrikes did, particularly reports that Tehran may have moved its enriched uranium elsewhere before the strikes, the president disputed the assertion.

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