Yeah. When the Ayatollah chants death to America, I believe it. I think he means it. I do not want a theocratic lunatic who wants to kill us … Iran has been the leading state sponsor of terrorism for 47 years. … 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. (08:30–08:38)
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