Kerry questions Trump's diplomacy before Iran war

Speaking to Christiane Amanpour at CNN's Global Perspectives in Doha, the former secretary of state says Trump "rushed into" war on false assumptions.

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John Kerry says Trump ‘rushed into’ Iran war

John Kerry argues that President Donald Trump failed to test diplomacy before turning to war with Iran, asking why the president did not present a formal proposal for a better agreement.

"If President Trump really wanted to change and make a better agreement, why didn't he put something on the table?" Kerry asks in CNN's interview clip from its Global Perspectives event in Doha, moderated by Christiane Amanpour.

Kerry, who served as secretary of state under Barack Obama, says Trump did not secure Iranian engagement in a new negotiation. He then accuses the president of rushing into war on false assumptions, arguing that the consequences have made life more dangerous and expensive around the world.

The excerpt drew about 608,000 views since yesterday. Its focus is Kerry's criticism of the path to war: whether Trump pursued a concrete diplomatic offer before choosing military action.

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CNN's Kerry interview excerpt was its second most watched new video since yesterday.

subscribers

20,000,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

22,164,830,425

views per day

22,368,354

typical day: 17,604,305

the video

views

868,868

likes

12,990

comments

3,765

days online

2

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15,500,000

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