vice president kamala harris In an interview on Monday evening, he had harsh words for Iran and said that the regime is America’s biggest enemy.
In a meeting with CBS’s “60 Minutes,” the Democratic presidential nominee was asked to name America’s biggest foreign rival. “I think there’s one clear thing in mind, which is Iran. Iran has American blood on its hands.”
“This attack on Israel, 200 ballistic missiles. What we need to do to ensure that Iran never regains the ability to become a nuclear power. That’s one of my top priorities.”
Harris declined to say whether she would take military action if she was presented with evidence that Iran was building nuclear weapons.
“I’m not going to talk about hypotheticals right now,” she told Bill Whittaker.
The suggestion that Iran is America’s biggest enemy raised some eyebrows – as many consider China to be Enemy No. 1.
“Iran is our biggest enemy, not china?,” Mary Kissel, a former adviser to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
Kamala Harris featured in her sit-down interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes.” (Screenshot/CBS News)
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Former Trump adviser Steve Cortes said, “Harris is completely ignorant in claiming that Iran, rather than China, is America’s biggest rival.”
“Really? It’s not Russia? It’s not China? A middle power is America’s biggest rival?” Iranian nuclear researcher Sina Azodi asked the question.
Harris also defended America aid to israel – At a time when many liberals are calling on him to freeze that aid or impose conditions on it amid rising deaths in Gaza and Lebanon.
“The aid we have given to Israel has allowed Israel to defend itself against 200 ballistic missiles that were meant only to attack Israelis and the Israeli people,” he said.
Harris highlighted the threats from “Hamas, Hezbollah…Iran” and said that “without question it is our imperative to do everything we can to allow Israel to defend itself against these types of attacks.” Do that.”
Nevertheless, he remained hopeful that Israel and its enemies could reach a ceasefire agreement.
“The work we do diplomatically with Israel’s leadership is a continued effort to articulate our principles, including the need for humanitarian aid, the need to end this war, the need for an agreement that continues Will take hostages and make a ceasefire.” He added, “We are not going to stop in putting pressure on the region, including Israel and Arab leaders.”
“China is a much greater threat than I think everyone anticipated,” said Rob Greenway, a former Trump aide and senior director of the National Security Council. “If you really see Iran as a threat, the behavior they have done makes no sense.”
Former President Donald Trump has blamed President Joe Biden and Harris for easing sanctions on Iran, which he said made the US rival “very rich in a very short period of time” and is set to expire on October 7, 2023. Gave rise to the turmoil that began with the Hamas attack. ,
Jerusalem residents take shelter during an Iranian missile attack on October 1, 2024 (Credit Yoav Dudkevich/TPS-IL)
During a rally last week, Trump criticized the September 2023 prisoner swap between the US and Iran, which facilitated the exchange of captives in Qatar and resulted in frozen Iranian assets from oil sales. 6 billion dollars were released.
“If they have someone kidnapped, it’s always $6 billion. Who’s heard of that?” Trump said. “Someone else gets $4,000.”
Iran said on Monday it had reached a “good understanding” to receive the funds from a Qatari bank account.
Meanwhile, the Biden administration has long claimed that it has not lifted sanctions on Iran. But according to Greenway, “It’s not imposing any restrictions.” Iran is now bringing About $36 billion per year from oil sales.
Last week, Iran fired 200 missiles toward Tel Aviv, many of which were intercepted by both Israeli Defense Forces and US capabilities. Although Iran’s proxies have long attacked both Israel and the US, this was the regime’s first direct attack on Israel since April.
Harris had sharply criticized Trump for pulling out of the Iran deal in 2018. President Joe Biden campaigned on returning to the agreement, but failed to do so in office.
“(Iran) made a tremendous amount of money. The U.S. administration has opened the door for them,” Greenway said.
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The Trump administration’s policies “brought them to the brink of financial collapse.”
After Biden withdrew the ban on Iran, The regime had to go from 500 centrifuges to 7,000 needed to make the atomic bomb. It went from 5% enriched uranium to 60% (90% is needed for nuclear weapons.) It has grown from 400,000 barrels of oil per day in 2019 to 1.7 million barrels per day today under the Trump administration’s tough sanctions.
Under the leadership of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran is on the verge of mastering the production of nuclear weapons. (Iranian Leader Press Office/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)
report also Suggest updated activity Iran has two nuclear weaponization sites – at Sanjarian and Golab Dareh.
Last week, Biden warned Israel to ensure its response to Iranian missile attacks is “proportional”, and urged them not to go after Iranian nuclear facilities.
Trump said on Friday that Israel Must go after nuclear facilities,
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Speaking at a campaign event in Fayetteville, North Carolina, he said that when Biden was asked about Israel attacking Iran, the president responded, “‘Until they attack the nuclear material.’ That’s the thing you want to kill, right? I said, ‘I think that’s wrong. Isn’t that the thing you want to kill?’
He said nuclear proliferation “is the biggest threat we face.”
When Biden was asked about Israel and Iran, Trump said: “His answer should have been: ‘Strike nuclear first. Worry about the rest later.’
