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So, Senator, moving forward now to talk about the conflict in Iran.

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You were literally with President Trump the day before the strikes happened.

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Can you explain to us what the reasoning and the rationale are for this war?
Sure.

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Look, I, I urge the president to launch this attack.

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As you noted, I was with him pretty much the entire day on Friday before the
attack launched on Saturday.

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And so we were on Air Force One.

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We were flying down to Texas to Corpus Christi at a big event planned in Corpus
Christi.

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So I was on the plane with him and then he asked, asked me to hop in in the
beast, the presidential limo.

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And it was just the two of us, one on one.

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And pretty much the whole time he was asking me what I thought we should do on
Iran.

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Uh, and I said, look, I think we should we should not miss this moment.

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I think the regime is weaker than it ever has been.

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And we have an opportunity.

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If we can collapse this regime, America will be much, much safer.

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There are very few things on planet earth that would do more to make improve
American national security as much as as seeing this regime collapse.

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And he asked me if the beast.

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He said, well, look, do you think we should negotiate further?

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And I said, no.

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I said, I don't believe they're negotiating in good faith.

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They are liars.

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I think the Ayatollah just wants to delay and delay and delay while they
rebuild.

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And I said, as far as I'm concerned, the only deal you should be willing to take
is the same deal you offered Maduro and Trump offered Maduro.

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If he wanted to leave the country, he could go into exile, and he would be
allowed to live out the rest of his days if he left and exited.

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And Maduro said no.

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And I suspect Maduro regrets saying no now.

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And I said I could live with that deal for the Ayatollah to give him and the
mullahs the same choice.

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You can leave and allow a new regime to come to power in Iran.

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Or if you don't leave, the alternative is going to be a less than pleasant.