Brian Kilmeade blasts nuclear provisions in Trump's MOU with Iran as “not acceptable”
Kilmeade on downblending provision: “If they downblend, that means they can upblend and just bring it back to weapons-grade. So if it stays in there, it's not acceptable for anyone” who wants to make sure Iran does not possess a nuclear weapon.
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From the June 17, 2026, edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends
AINSLEY EARHARDT (CO-HOST): Dr. Grant, thank you so much. What is your take from the news this morning when we're getting different versions of what the deal might look like?
REBECCA GRANT (GUEST): You said it Ainsley, it's bomb or behave. But I have got to say, if he gets that nuclear dust out, and it's not going to be right away, but if there's a process to get the nuclear dust out, it's all worth it. Because militarily, Iran has been leveled. We have air dominance, sea dominance, so much of their power projection capability destroyed. That's incredibly important. But I don't want to see one IRGC fast boat or any drones over that international shipping in the strait.
LAWRENCE JONES (CO-HOST): But Dr. Grant, don't you think it's different from obtaining the dust and downblending the dust? Because that seems to be the language that is currently in the deal.
GRANT: If that happens, that will work. Now, it sounds pretty complicated, got to see the details and central command will have to be eagle-eyed on the job watching the location of that dust and watching all the other military pieces. But If that's going to be the deal, they can downblend it, we can verify that, take it out, that works for me. And I hope that we will be able to do that.
BRIAN KILMEADE (CO-HOST): Well, I mean, if they downblend, that means they can upblend and just bring it back to weapons-grade. So if it stays in there, it's not acceptable for anyone that wants to make sure they don't have a — that wants to make sure they have a nuclear weapon.
GRANT: Yeah, if the centrifuges are gone, I mean, you are right. But if the centrifuges are gone, that's the whole point, they can't upblend it.
KILMEADE: But no one's talking about centrifuges. But Rebecca, there's nobody — nobody's talking about centrifuges. They can make their own. And the centrifuges isn't even in any of the dialogue that I heard, so. They don't need to import centrifuges.