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Tom Cotton: “President Trump rejected the Obama Biden policy of…”

Featuring: Tom Cotton, Republican | U.S. Senate, Arkansas

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'Appeasement And Weakness': Tom Cotton Blasts Dem Lawmakers Over Foreign Policy Issues | 2025 Rewind

Published | Video Starts at 1:18:13

When terrorists attacked, raped, murder, maimed and killed innocent Israelis and Americans and citizens of other nations on October 7, the Middle east was forever changed, but not in the way Hamas intended. Instead of pressuring Israel to surrender, President Trump rejected the Obama Biden policy of appeasement and weakness, and we backed Israel to the hilt. Because of President Trump's unrelenting pressure on Hamas and Prime Minister Netanyahu's decisive military action, Iran's terrorist ring of fire around Israel is now a ring of smoke, smoking ruins. (1:18:13–1:18:22)

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