Jared Kushner

We had the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando.

And there was real threat.

And then you had Iran, which was given $150 billion in a glide path to a nuclear weapon.

And they were using their newfound riches to fund Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, different rebels all over the region that were looking to destabilize further.

Syria was in a civil war where 500,000 people were killed.

Yemen was destabilized.

Libya was destabilized.

And it was just a mess.

And all of America's allies had felt betrayed.

President Trump came into power.

We rebuilt the trust and the relationships with all of our traditional allies.

We were able to eliminate ISIS, the territorial caliphate.

And then we were able to project strength in the region, really go after Iran's wallet.

We were able to stop through crushing sanctions a lot of their financial resources, which they were using to fund all these terror groups.

And so we left the Middle East with six peace deals and a fairly peaceful world.

So seeing what's happening, I think it was completely avoidable.

I think it's horrible to see that it's occurring.

And I pray that those in power will make the right decisions to restore safety, but also to potentially create a better paradigm for peace in the future.

I think you did an excellent job, Lex, of really giving the summary.

Just a couple things maybe I'll add to it is that Hamas was originally founded from the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, which is a group that's caused a lot of issues in the region.