Sen. Eric Schmitt says President Trump achieved what many thought was impossible, crippling Iran’s military and nuclear capabilities while creating an opening for diplomacy:
“President Trump was very clear from the beginning about the mission here, which was to ensure that Iran would never have a nuclear weapon. They no longer have the ability to do that, and now they’re signing on the dotted line, for the first time, that they won’t pursue it. And we don’t need to trust them—we just need to verify it. The president effectively knocked out their military capability. Their navy is at the bottom of the sea. They have no air defense. Their nuclear program is in shambles and nowhere near being restarted. And if necessary, we can always go back and mow the lawn because we’ve got eyes on it. What the president has done is create space for diplomacy, which has always been his North Star. There’s still more work to do, and we need to verify all of this, but he has accomplished something that most experts six months ago would have said was impossible. I think it’s a good outcome for the American people.”
