Iranian ability to have a nuclear weapon is ‘finished'
Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney weighs in on the recent US strikes against nuclear facilities in Iran.
'The Iranian ability to have a nuclear weapon is finished,' Mr Mulvaney told Sky News Australia.
'Whether or not it was entirely destroyed, partially destroyed … it really doesn't make any difference.
'The Iranians are either going to give it up voluntarily, or they are going to have it bombed out of their ability; those are the only two choices here.
'Iran doesn't get a nuclear weapon, and that's the end here, regardless of how you get there.'
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