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Derrick Van Orden: “Iran was on their knees [during Trump's first term].”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Rep. Van Orden Joins Fox & Friends First on U.S.-Israel Relations and Stability in the Middle East

Published | Video Starts at 04:59

So President Trump feels like this worked last time. Will it work this time around? Yes. I mean, so what we have is the ability to look back when in his first term when Iran was on their knees [during Trump's first term]. Iran can never have a nuclear weapon, period, because they will use it. And they respond to pressure just like everybody else does. (04:59–05:06)

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Asserts Iran was significantly weakened during Trump's first term.

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