John Fetterman Defends Trump's Americans' Finances Gaffe on Fox News: What He Really Was Saying'

"Before leaving for a state visit to China on Tuesday, Trump was asked if Americans' financial situations were motivating him to reach a deal with Iran. He replied, Not even a little bit. The only thing that matters when I'm talking about Iran, they can't have a nuclear weapon. I don't think about Americans' financial situation. I don't think about anybody. I think about one thing: We cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon. That's all. That's the only thing that motivates me."

"On Wednesday, Fetterman brought up the comment after Hannity observed that the lawmaker is the only voice in the Democratic Party, elected official, that has stood with the president on Iran and asked him, Why are these issues so important to you? Well, because I'm always going to stand with Israel and the Jewish community. And I would like to remind everybody that Israel is our special ally, and America is always the force of good in that region, but also in the world now, too."

"And now, why I'm the only Democrat that voted for that, because all the other Democrats, we've all said in the past, we can't let Iran build the nuclear bomb. And now, when someone did something about that to really prevent that, you know, why wouldn't I support that? So I'm proud to have that vote, answered Fetterman, who continued: And also something that the president said before he left for China."

"I mean, he said something that got clipped, saying, I'm not thinking about American people financially. But what he really was saying, what he did say is like, I am really thinking that we can't ever let Iran building a bomb.' And I mean that's exactly, that's the e"

Trump was asked whether Americans’ financial situations motivated him to reach a deal with Iran. He said it did not, and stated that the only motivation was preventing Iran from having a nuclear weapon. Opponents used the remark to portray him as out of touch. During a Fox News interview, Senator John Fetterman defended his support for Trump on Iran, citing his vote to prevent Iran from building a nuclear bomb and his commitment to Israel and the Jewish community. Fetterman also argued that Trump’s clipped comment about not thinking about Americans’ finances was taken out of context and that the intended point was the nuclear threat from Iran.

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