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Tom Cotton: “We have crippled Iran's nuclear weapons program, we have…”

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 1:18:41

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. We have crippled Iran's nuclear weapons program, we have weakened the Houthis, we have devastated Hezbollah, and we have destroyed Hamas political and military leadership. This graphic shows just some of the depraved savages who are now rotting in hell. If you have a chance to be Hamas's next leader, you might want to think twice. (1:18:41–1:18:54)

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Asserts that the U.S. has significantly weakened Iran's nuclear program and various militant groups.

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