# Rubio says Trump’s war against Iran may be unpopular but was needed to stop a nuclear threat

https://mins.news/en/item/134878

- The Associated Press, 2026-11-09 01:20 UTC
- World
- Original: https://bit.ly/4zBPd3L

> Secretary of State Marco Rubio said President Donald Trump launched the war against Iran to protect the world from the country’s nuclear ambitions, even if the move was not “necessarily popular.”

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