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Mike Lawler: “President Trump had China on its heels. He had Iran broke…”

Featuring: Mike Lawler, Republican | U.S. House, New York, District 17

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Ep. 45. The Life of a New York Republican Congressman. Rep. Mike Lawler

Published | Video Starts at 18:09

… really connect all three and understand the challenge and to have an effective plan to combat it. And I think, you know, if you look back to the Trump administration, President Trump had China on its heels. He had Iran broke. Russia was not, you know, acting in the manner that they are under Obama and under Biden. You know, invading Ukraine, trying to seize more. More territory, trying to reconstitute Eastern Europe as part of the former Soviet Union. We. (18:09–18:17)

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Asserts that under Trump, China, Iran, and Russia were less aggressive compared to under Obama and Biden.

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