Marco Rubio Awkwardly Backtracks On Iran After Reporter Reads Him His Own Quote | EUROtoday

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday awkwardly tried to stroll again his feedback rationalizing the lethal U.S. assault on Iran to the very reporter he addressed a day earlier than.

Rubio — when requested by CBS News’ Caitlin Huey-Burns on Monday if there was an “imminent threat” from Iran — claimed the U.S. was “proactively” attacking Iran, suggesting that officers believed Israel would assault the nation first in a transfer that will immediate Iran to “come after” U.S. property within the Middle East.

After President Donald Trump contradicted the messaging on Tuesday by claiming that “if anything, I might have forced Israel’s hand” to assault Iran, Huey-Burns confronted Rubio.

“Yesterday, you told us that Israel was going to strike Iran and that’s why we needed to get involved. Today, the president said that Iran was going to get —,” Huey-Burns started.

“No. Yeah, your statement’s false,” Rubio interjected. “So that’s not what he — I was asked very specifically. Were you there yesterday?”

Huey-Burns swiftly reminded Rubio, “Yes, I asked the question.”

“OK. No did you — were you the one that — ’cause somebody asked me a question yesterday, ‘Did we go in because of Israel?’ And I said —.”

He proceeded to level to a different reporter he addressed simply after Huey-Burns on Monday, “I said, ‘No.’ I told you, this had to happen anyway. The president made a decision, and the decision he made was that Iran was not going to be allowed to hide behind its ballistic missile program.”

Moments later, when confronted along with his quote to Huey-Burns, Rubio added, “The bottom line is this: We — the president determined we were not going to get hit first. It’s that simple, guys.”

Critics on social media clowned Rubio’s awkward try to stroll again his feedback, together with one Bluesky person who merely replied, “Good lord, the bullshit is deep here. 🙄.”