Adam Schiff: “The president here was the victim of his own success…”

“You know, the reporting about the president being briefed on the fact that Iran might close the strait, I think the victor, the, The president here was the victim of his own success militarily in Venezuela. and thinking this was going to be easy. And the cautions by General Kaine or others were simply not worth the listening to, abiding by. We could overcome them.” (06:41–06:46)

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