Macron criticises Trump, says ‘unrealistic’ to reopen strait of Hormuz by force – Middle East crisis live
by Tom Ambrose (now); Taz Ali and Jonathan Yerushalmy from World news | The Guardian on (#74NHQ)
French president defends Nato after Trump threatened withdrawal, and says strait could only be secured in coordination with Iran after a ceasefire
Trump has claimed that Iran was right at the doorstep" of gaining a nuclear weapon.
Earlier on Wednesday the president said he did not care about Iran's stock of highly enriched uranium (HEU), arguing it was deep underground and could be monitored by satellite.
From the very beginning my campaign for president in 2015, I said I would never allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon. This regime has been chanting death to America, death to Israel.
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