James Lankford: “The sanctions that were lifted on the oil were the sanctions…”

“Remember, Russia's major weapon has, has been these one way attack drones provided by Iran. So the United States has taken out those production facilities so Iran can't provide weapons anymore to Russia. To be clear, The sanctions that were lifted on the oil were the sanctions that were, were on ships in the water. President Trump's trying to be able to manage a global shock to oil prices worldwide while we're also trying to be able to take out a terrorist regime in Iran.” (10:09–10:15)

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