Israel’s strikes on Iranian nuclear targets were “expected,” as President Donald Trump in April said Iran had a limited time to negotiate the end of its nuclear program, Sen. Markwayne Mullin said on Newsmax Friday. 

“Remember, on April 12, President Trump said the Iranian regime had 60 days to negotiate the end of their nuclear program,” the Oklahoma Republican told Newsmax’s “National Report.” “Yesterday was 60. My point is that President Trump doesn’t bluff. Neither do the Israelis.”

Further, Mullin said that “no one’s better than the Israelis” about knowing the intimate details of the Iranian nuclear program and how close they were to having the uranium enrichment levels needed to build a nuclear bomb. 

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