The president just had a great visit to Saudi Arabia, to the UAE and to Qatar. Very productive. But I just ask and remind everybody, The only reason we have a US Base is in the region, the only reason we have an air base in Qatar, an air base in UAE, you know, an Arab base in Saudi Arabia, is because they are afraid that Iran will attack them. and they want us there to help defend them. And so if Iran wasn't a threat, we wouldn't need those bases there. So these countries fully recognize the threat that Iran poses. (12:12–12:23)
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Asserts that U.S. bases in the Middle East exist because of the threat of Iranian attacks.
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