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White House failed to enable muting function on Iran conference call for more than 20 minutes

By Mandy Mayfield
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White House failed to enable muting function on Iran conference call for more than 20 minutes

The White House triggered a chaotic conference call on Thursday when they failed to enable the “listening only” mode for more than 20 minutes while senior officials attempted to announce that President Trump would waive the Iran nuclear sanctions for one last time.

“This White House can’t even run a fucking conference call,” one reporter on an unmuted line said during the conference call, according to CBS News. “They don’t know how to mute their line.”

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