Trump defends strike damage, NATO defense spending, rare new sea & more

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🗓️ 25 June 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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President Donald Trump is standing by his statement about the severe damage US strikes did to Iran’s nuclear facilities, despite intelligence saying otherwise. NATO’s chief has praised Trump for forcing members to boost their defense spending. The Trump administration is being ordered to return another wrongly deported man to the US. We’ll explain how a study that doesn’t appear to exist was going to be used in a presentation to CDC advisors. Plus, a rare inland sea is forming in one of the driest places on Earth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:39.2	I believe it was total obliteration.
0:41.3	I believe they didn't have a chance to get anything out because we acted fast.
0:45.4	President Donald Trump today is standing by his statement that U.S. strikes on three Iranian
0:49.7	nuclear facilities did severe damage to that country's nuclear program. That's despite an initial classified report that found the attack only set back to Iran's nuclear program by a few months.
1:01.0	Trump made the statement this morning to journalists at the NATO meeting in the Hague.
1:05.0	But he did acknowledge the intelligence was, quote, inconclusive and preliminary,
1:10.0	suggesting Israel would provide
1:12.2	a fuller picture shortly with its own findings.
1:15.5	Trump also said he thought the strikes could help lead to a breakthrough in Israel's war against
1:19.7	Hamas and Gaza, and that he was, quote, very close to striking a deal on that conflict.
1:27.1	Without President Trump, it would not have happened.
1:30.3	That's NATO Secretary General Mark Rutter, praising President Trump for forcing
1:35.3	member states to raise their defense spending commitments.
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