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Published | Video Starts at 32:30

As the President laid out, the United States has had extraordinary military results in this conflict. 80% of the missiles, 80% of the drones destroyed, virtually all of the drone manufacturing and missile capacity destroyed. The Air Force in rubble, the Navy sunken at the bottom of the ocean, the Ayatollah dead, many of the mullahs dead, many of the leaders of the IRGC dead. And her question, she says, well, why didn't you negotiate a better deal? You know, I'm listening to that, wondering, you know, it's like someone saying to the police, why didn't you negotiate a better deal with Charles Manson? (32:30–32:41)

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Asserts that Iran's Air Force and Navy are destroyed, and key leaders, including the Ayatollah, are dead.

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