Trump exerted 'maximum pressure' on Iran and Israel to 'deliver peace': Leavitt
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President Trump exerted “maximum pressure" to “deliver peace" between Israel and Iran after his historic and decisive strikes decimated the Islamic Republic’s nuclear facilities.
Brooke Singman is a political correspondent and reporter for Fox News Digital, Fox News Channel and FOX Business.
"President Trump directing the perfect execution of the most secretive and successful military strikes in history – and then negotiating a ceasefire to the war within 48 hours – is the epitome of peace through strength," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News Digital. "Nobody knows how to exert maximum pressure to deliver peace better than Donald Trump."
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