James Lankford: “Every base that we have in the region, there is a base there…”

“Whether it's Marine barracks in Lebanon, whether it's Houthis attacking just ships randomly coming across the coast. Iran has been focused on trying to be able to carry out their acts of terrorism. Every base that we have in the region, there is a base there because of the threat of Iran. This is not a new threat. This has been a threat for almost five decades now. And President Trump has just determined it's going to stop.” (02:46–02:51)

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