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Michael Baumgartner: “President Trump would take out Iranian terrorist leader…”

Featuring: Michael Baumgartner, Republican | U.S. House Washington, 5th Congressional District

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Rep. Michael Baumgartner on The Lead with Jake Tapper

Published | Video Starts at 02:25

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. And I never thought someone like President Trump would take out Iranian terrorist leader Qasem Soleimani, do things like the Abraham Accords. And so I have a lot of confidence in President Trump, Secretary Rubio, Chairman, the joint chief Staff Kaine in dealing with this issue, and I know we're safer today than we were two weeks ago, I think this thing is still early. (02:25–02:31)

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Asserts that President Trump was responsible for the killing of Qasem Soleimani and the Abraham Accords.

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