Trump says he’s not thinking about politics during Iran nuclear talks

Added: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00]Tonight, under pressure from soaring gas prices, President Trump is brushing off any concerns that the Iran war will hurt Republicans this November. And he has this warning as he negotiates with Iran's regime. They thought they were going to outwait me, you know, we'll outwait 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.

[00:00:24]Very simple, Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.

[00:00:26]>> The president pointing to last night's landslide primary victory for the GOP candidate he endorsed, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton defeating four-term incumbent Senator John Cornyn. We just sent a Texas-sized message to Washington.

[00:00:41]Meanwhile, President Trump stressing that he won't accept a short-term agreement that would allow Iran to keep blocking the Strait of Hormuz by threatening to attack commercial oil tankers. The Strait will open immediately, immediately. But it's got to be perfect. I'm not going to do this.

[00:00:56]I didn't do this to get a crummy agreement. And President Trump is dismissing the idea Iran would manage the Strait with the help of Oman, a US ally. They would like to control.

[00:01:06]Nobody's going to control. It's international waters and Oman will behave just like everybody else. So, we'll have to blow them up.

[00:01:14]All right, Gabe, let's turn to another big headline and more insight into the consequential moments of the 2024 campaign. President Biden's disastrous debate performance there and new comments from former First Lady Jill Biden.

[00:01:26]I was frightened because I had never ever seen Joe like that before or since. As I watched it, I thought, "Oh my God, he's having a stroke."

[00:01:39]And it scared me to death.

[00:01:42]And Gabe, Democrats are still reckoning with that debate? Yes, Tom. It was not even referenced in the recent DNC autopsy and the issue of transparency is now threatening to loom over the midterms, particularly because her answer is so different from what we heard from top Democrats at the time.

[00:01:59]Tom.

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