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Mike Johnson: “Even China was afraid for Iran to have a nuke, okay? Because…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Speaker Johnson Joins The KEEL Morning Show with Mike & McCarty

Published | Video Starts at 10:07

So they have a nuclear bomb. If Iran had a nuke, and this is why all the Arab nations around that region are with us. They, everybody was. Even China was afraid for Iran to have a nuke, okay? Because they would fire it and it would start World War Three. Well, that was my next question. Mike, what do you say to those who go, why is it okay for America to have nuclear weapons but not Iran, not other countries? (10:07–10:14)

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Asserts that China feared Iran having a nuclear weapon due to potential global conflict.

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