John Barrasso: “Iran has been attacking us for 47 years.”

“But clearly, these bold actions by President Trump have cut the legs out of Iran in terms of their military, in terms of their economy, and in terms of what they have done with terrorism. Those things are done. Iran has been attacking us for 47 years. And the world today is safer than it was before the attacks on Iran. We need to make sure there's no nuclear weapon. We need to make sure that they never get a nuclear weapon.” (01:40–01:44)

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