WH maintains Trump consistent in firm stance on Iran nukes — and shows off receipts

The White House is working to show President Donald Trump's consistent stance against Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon as critics emerge from both sides of the aisle On Tuesday the White House s rapid response band distributed a series of clips on X showing Trump s statements over the years on the dangers of Iran getting a nuclear weapon TRUMP'S -YEAR HISTORY OPPOSING IRANIAN NUKES COUNTERS MEDIA SPIN HE'D ALLOW THEMIn October just days after Hamas brutal massacre in Israel Trump described a crowd at a campaign rally that Iran could not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons Don t let Iran have nuclear weapons That s my only thing I have to tell you the present day Don t let them have it Trump commented at the Oct Iowa rally Then in January Trump reported I just don t want them to have a nuclear weapon and they weren t going to have one A limited months later in June during an appearance on the podcast All-In Trump advised the hosts that Iran could not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon The main thing is Iran can't have a nuclear weapon That was my main thing The deal was a simple deal Iran can't have a nuclear You know it can't have a missile it can't have a nuclear missile It cannot have that nuclear capability Trump narrated the podcast hosts MASSIE TO FIELD 'BIPARTISAN WAR POWERS RESOLUTION' TO BAR US FROM ISRAEL-IRAN WAR AOC SIGNALS SUPPORTThe most of fresh clip was from May in which Trump stated the Saudi-U S Assets Forum that Iran can have a much brighter future but we ll never allow America and its allies to be threatened with terrorism or a nuclear attack they cannot have a nuclear weapon MIKE JOHNSON CALLS OFF ISRAEL TRIP AMID IRAN CONFLICTVice President JD Vance also commented on the disagreement regarding Trump s stance on Iran s nuclear ambitions Vance defended his boss Iran position as being focused only on using the American military to accomplish American people's goals He also described Trump as someone who has been amazingly consistent over years that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon I have yet to see a single good argument for why Iran needed to enrich uranium well above the threshold for civilian use I've yet to see a single good argument for why Iran was justified in violating its non-proliferation obligations I've yet to see a single good pushback against the IAEA's findings Vance wrote on X ONLY THE US MILITARY CAN TAKE OUT IRAN S THE BULK DANGEROUS NUCLEAR SITEAlthough the White House unit s clips date back to there is even earlier evidence that Trump was against Iran having a nuclear weapon In during his first term in office Trump withdrew from the Obama-era Iran nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action JCPOA At the time Trump called the JCPOA one of the worst and most of one-sided transactions the United States has ever entered into The White House release on the U S withdrawal from the deal has several references to Trump s opposition to Iran growing a nuclear weapon At one point it says that Trump is committed to ensuring Iran has no feasible path to a nuclear weapon