And indeed, the Iranian Ayatollah hired two teams of hitmen to try to murder President Trump. The reason President Trump's military action against Iran was so consequential is that I believe if the Ayatollah acquired a nuclear weapon, the odds are unacceptably high the Ayatollah would use that nuclear weapon. And I don't want to wake up and see hundreds of thousands of Americans murdered in a flash of an eye. I think that's what a nuclear Iran would be. (01:44–01:52)
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Asserts that there is a high risk of the Ayatollah using a nuclear weapon if acquired.
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