To anybody who believes that the Ayatollah can withstand all of this and stay in power, not affect the United States, you're wrong. If this man, the Ayatollah, is his regime, survive all this bluster, then not only does Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis not go away, they come back stronger. The likelihood of normalization under those conditions is zero. The Arabs will go back in their corner trying to get a better deal with Putin. And Ukraine goes to zero. (23:43–23:54)
CLAIM
Asserts that if the Ayatollah's regime survives, groups like Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis will become stronger.
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