John Thune: “My understanding is it's a currency swap.”

“I mean, previous administrations, if they think there are reasons in the interest of economic stability in areas of the world that are important to us economically, those there are previous administrations that have made similar decisions. In this case, My understanding is it's a currency swap. And so it's a structured in a way that hopefully will support and give some stability to their economy. And I think the US has some strategic interests in that region of the world.” (08:40–08:43)

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