CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Nancy Cordes straight-up asked White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt if President Donald Trump was “making” up reasons to justify the U.S. attacks on Iran.
During a press briefing on Tuesday (March 10), Cordes asked Leavitt about Trump’s statements, in which he claimed, “Within a week, [Iran] were going to attack us, 100 percent. They were ready.”
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