Live updates: Trump cites Iran’s ‘intolerable threat’ and lays out attack’s objectives

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by The Hill Staff
March 2, 2026
Live updates: Trump cites Iran’s ‘intolerable threat’ and lays out attack’s objectives
President Trump on Monday said Iran’s growth of its ballistic missile program, plus its resumption of trying to build a nuclear weapon, warranted the U.S. and Israeli attacks that began Saturday and took out the nation’s supreme leader. “An Iranian regime armed with long-range missiles and nuclear weapons would be an intolerable threat to the…
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Originally published on The Hill on 3/2/2026