US President Donald Trump disputed an intelligence report that found the airstrikes he ordered on Iran had only a limited impact on its nuclear program, even though the assessment came from the Pentagon. “The nuclear sites in Iran are completely destroyed,” Trump said on Truth Social. He said CNN and the New York Times, which first reported the intelligence findings on Tuesday, “have teamed up in an attempt to demean one of the most successful military strikes in history.” Later, speaking to reporters at a NATO summit in The Hague on Wednesday, he said the report was “very inconclusive” but that he still believed the sites were demolished. Trump also appeared to undermine years of US sanctions on Iran, giving its biggest customer China the green light to carry on buying its oil as he seeks to bolster a ceasefire with Israel. The announcement on social media — which surprised both oil traders and officials in his own government — could undermine the central element of Washington’s Iran policy under multiple administrations, which have sought to cut the regime’s main source of revenue by making its top export off limits.
Today’s guests: Ken Moelis, Moelis & Company Founder, Chairman & CEO, Anahita Thoms, Baker McKenzie Partner, Myron Brilliant, DGA Group Senior Counselor
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00:00:00 – The Pulse With Francine Lacqua
00:01:01 – Ken Moelis, Moelis & Company Founder, Chairman & CEO
00:13:17 – Mamdani Stuns as Cuomo Concedes in NYC Mayoral Primary Race
00:16:00 – EU Warns a Baseline Trump Tariff Will Still Spur Retaliation
00:22:54 – Trump Disputes Pentagon View, Says Iran Sites ‘Destroyed’
00:32:01 – Trump Hails NATO Spending Plan, Says With Them ‘All The Way’
00:38:46 – Trump Baffles With Sudden U-Turn on China Buying Iranian Oil
00:42:00 – Myron Brilliant, DGA Group Senior Counselor
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