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Chuck Schumer: “Iran's nuclear ambitions have only grown, and the Iranian…”

Featuring: Chuck Schumer, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Published | Video Starts at 01:24

The Strait Hormuz is not only closed, it's become an Iranian cash cow. And Iran controls the strait is greater today than before Trump's, than before when Trump started the war. Iran's nuclear ambitions have only grown, and the Iranian regime is even more radical than before the war. Americans, meanwhile, are shelling out more than $4 for a gallon of gas on average. Now, Donald Trump says that gas prices could be the same or a little higher by November. (01:24–01:33)

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Asserts that Iran's nuclear ambitions and radicalism have increased due to the war.

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