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In his first speech to the United Nations on Tuesday, President Trump put the rogue regimes of Iran and North Korea noticed by calling on the world to stand up to their threatening ways. But NBC Nightly News took acceptation to Trump’s targeting of Iran and defended them in an interview Anchor Lester Holt had with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
“And minutes before President Trump ripped Iran in that nuclear deal in his speech today, I sat down with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani who pointed out U.N. watchdog in charge of policing Iran’s nuclear activities has thus far found Iran in compliance,” Holt touted as he led into the interview.
He then added that Rouhani “warned that the U.S. stands to lose trust and credibility on the world stage if it plays out its threat to abandon the deal.”
The most concerning question from Holt came near the end of his report. He asked the Iranian leader about how unfair it was for Trump to lump Iran in with North Korea:
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