… commercial traffic, military traffic, any kind of traffic, you cannot say that we have done anything but actually enabled their power projection, particularly in the Persian Gulf. I know that We have hurt [Iran's] nuclear capabilities, [and] their Ballistic missile capabilities. That's, you know, that is not, to me, a question. But if we can't move, you know, a ship full of fertilizer through the Strait of Hormuz, then Iran holds a veto power over the United States and everybody else. (02:46–02:51)
CLAIM
Asserts that the U.S. has damaged Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities.
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