Michael Baumgartner: “President Trump is someone that did what no one thought…”

“… has been killing Americans for more than 50 or for nearly 50 years now has much less ballistic missile capability and much reduced proxy terrorist forces. And so, you know, President Trump is someone that did what no one thought could be done in the Middle East, which was to change the paradigm. You know, when I dealt with Iranians nearly 20 years ago when I was with the State Department in Iraq, I watched as they killed nearly 600 of our countrymen and almost killed me on a couple occasions.” (02:07–02:13)

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