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Be taken off. so if the sanctions -- that's a condition. so, you know, that's why the press misreported it. >> there is no -- hear my voice. there is no misreporting at all. the president now claiming he doesn't want to meet with iran with no preconditions when that is exactly what he said that he'd do and exactly what members of his administration said he'd do over and over again. they've been saying it for more than a year. >> i do believe that they will probably end up wanting to meet, and i'm ready to meet anytime they want to. no preconditions, no. they want to meet, i'll meet. anytime th...

>> there were always conditions because the conditions, if you look at it, the sanctions are not going to be taken off. so the sanctions, that's a condition. so, you know, that's why the press misreported it. >> listen, this is not the typical situation of just exposing this president for obvious and ugly double-speak. it's about exposing this country to a major threat, and this president owns it because he created it. now, making this problem was the easy part. the hard part is how to solve it, and we will be watching. all right. i'm going to take a break. when i come back, d. lemon and i are...

That meeting? >> if they want to meet, i'll meet. anytime they want. anytime they want. it's good for the country. good for them, good for us. and good for the world. no preconditions. >> all right. well, that seemed pretty clear and that last statement, by the way, that was from july of last year, so this has been a talking point for well over a year now. suddenly, though, the president wants to pretend otherwise and is just making stuff up. today, he continued doing just that. >> well, you know, there were always conditions, because the conditions, if you look at it, the sanctions are not go...

That's what the constitution calls for, and now it matters. but here's the political impact. it's not easy, and the president owns all of it. and he is not well equipped to deal with this, and now he doesn't even have a full team around him. iran just said they won't meet with this president even though they're going to be here at the u.n. next week. and they're watching him struggle, not even get the talking points straight. listen. >> do you have pre-conditions for that meeting? >> no pre-conditions, no. they want to meet, i'll meet. you want to talk good, otherwise you can have a bad econom...

Suddenly, though, the president wants to pretend otherwise and is just making stuff up. today, he continued doing just that. >> well, you know, there were always conditions, because the conditions, if you look at it, the sanctions are not going to be taken off. so if the sanctions -- that's a condition. that's why the press misreported it. >> okay, i'm not exactly sure what he's trying to say here, but i think it's that even though he said he would meet with no preconditions, and many people in his administration have verified that's what he believed, he's saying there are tough sanctions in p...