Jared Kushner
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And I think we did do a very substantial job under President Trump.
The Middle East went from one of the most chaotic regions in the world.
You had ISIS in 2016.
ISIS had to caliphate the size of Ohio.
They were beheading journalists.
They were killing Christians.
They controlled 8 million people.
They were planning attacks all over the world from their caliphate.
They were using the internet to radicalize people.
We had the San Bernardino shooting in America.
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.