And very swiftly. In this conflict, the president found himself in the dilemma where his options were to escalate or to lose. And now we're in This standoff... is doing immense damage to the global economy and our leverage in these nuclear negotiations. which are crucially important because an Iranian nuclear weapons capability would be an existential threat to many of our allies, a critical national security threat to the United States. (18:38–18:50)
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Asserts that the current standoff is harming the global economy and U.S. diplomatic leverage.
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