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VIDEO: Trump offers shifting explanations for striking Iran
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Trump offers shifting explanations for striking Iran

President Donald Trump said the U.S. struck Iran at his discretion, contradicting Secretary of State Marco Rubio who said 24 hours earlier that the U.S. acted because Israel was going to attack first.

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