The New York Times and CNN and a couple of others, they're not all that dishonest. They say Iran had a great victory. Okay? They practically do that. You know, it's amazing. When we knocked out their [Iran's] last year, they had 159 ships. When we knocked out the last ship, the Times refused to do a story on it. They said, why wouldn't you? They don't have a Navy, and you don't want to do a story on it. (46:19–46:23)
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Asserts that the U.S. eliminated Iran's naval fleet of 159 ships.
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