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President Donald Trump on Wednesday said Iran's ballistic missiles are not "the problem," a direct contradiction of the justification senior administration officials spent months building for Operation Epic Fury and the stated objectives Trump himself outlined at the operation's outset.
The remarks came at a G7 news conference in Évian-les-Bains, France, as details of a U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding were being released.
The Shift at Évian Speaking at the G7, Trump argued that denying Iran missiles while Saudi Arabia and Qatar retain them is inequitable. "Am I going to let Saudi Arabia have missiles, but [Iran] can't have them?
It doesn't work that way," Trump said, adding that missiles "hurt a little location, but they don't blow up the planet." He indicated Gulf nations would address what he called the "nonnuclear issues," including ballistic missiles and Iranian proxy networks, through separate talks.
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