What is your take currently, Senator, as you know it? And we're all trying to figure out what the bottom line is of a possible emerging deal between the president and Iran. I've always felt Iran was an existential threat to America if they became a nuclear power. That is the bottom line is, from my standpoint, in terms of President Trump, he's been saying this for literally decades. As every American president since Clinton has said he can't allow Iran to become a nuclear power. (00:54–00:59)
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Asserts that Iran poses an existential threat to the U.S. if it becomes a nuclear power.
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