Lawmaker tears into White House's 'incoherent' Iran attack justification

President Donald Trump launched strikes into Iran Saturday morning in the second bombing campaign on the country. CNN's Kaitlan Collins couldn't help but notice that his reasoning behind it doesn't make much sense.

Speaking to Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-Calf.), who sits on the Foreign Affairs Committee, Collins recalled, "a lot of the president's supporters had heard [in 2024], no moreregime change, no more endlesswars. The vice president, JD Vance, I asked him about this andwhat exactly the argument washere, given they said sevenmonths ago that they had obliterated Iran's nuclear arsenal."

When she asked Vance about it, how they were going to justify to the American people that a war against Iran was necessary, he said he wouldn't "make any news on Iran today."

"But the principle is very simple: Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon if they try to rebuild a nuclear weapon, that causes problems for us," Vance continued.

It prompted Collins to question: "Congresswoman, do you understand how the United States can go from having obliterated Iran's nuclear program as the White House insisted last summer, to now saying that part of the justification for these strikes is to ensure that they cannot have a nuclear weapon?"

Jacobs said that it makes it clear there's no real plan around the attack.

"I think this just goes to show how completely incoherent their strategy is or lack thereof. And look, I know a lot of my colleagues are also trying to justify this, saying that Iran shouldn't have a nuclear weapon. I agree Iran should never be allowed to get a nuclear weapon. We had a deal that, while imperfect, was actually working towards getting there,and instead Donald Trump pulledus out of that deal," Jacobs said.

Indeed, Badr Albusaidi, Oman's foreign minister, spoke with Vance, he told CBS "Face the Nation," and relayed the message that "the peace deal is within our reach.”

He also added, “I don't think any alternative to diplomacy is going to solve this problem.”

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