And it's part of why Trump listened to him, because he didn't win every argument, but he was there to go again and to go again, and it was really effective. And I'll tell you where it mattered enormously. There's no area Lindsey and I worked more closely on than Iran. And standing up to the incredible danger to America. If the Ayatollah ever gets a nuclear weapon, I think it's an existential threat. To America. I think if the ayatollah who chants death to America gets a nuclear weapon, I think the odds are unacceptably high that hundreds of thousands or even millions of Americans would be murdered. (40:42–40:57)
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Asserts that Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham worked closely on Iran policy, viewing a nuclear-armed Iran as an existential threat.
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