Now, when you shut in oil wells, what happens is water seeps into the rock. And if you try to reopen them, production plummets. And so Iran is facing a permanent massive degradation of its ability to generate revenue, to generate income if it does not act. And I think what President Trump is doing is exquisitely applying pressure. And my hope is that we see this Islamist government fall. I would like to see a new government in Iran regime collapse. (05:08–05:17)
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Asserts that Iran's revenue generation capability is at risk of permanent degradation.
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