Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) on Wednesday rose to President Donald Trump’s defense on a controversial remark he made on the Iran war, arguing that critics missed valuable context.
During an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Fetterman referenced a comment Trump made on Tuesday, when he said, “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation” as a motivating factor for him to make a deal with Iran and end the conflict. Fetterman pointed to the rest of Trump’s statement, in which the president said his only focus in making a deal is cutting off Iran’s capacity to create nuclear bombs. Trump’s team has said he made the decision to attack Iran after the country told the U.S. that it had enough enriched uranium to make 11 nuclear bombs within 10 days.
