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this regime, this dictatorship.

But President Trump, I think, is doing a good job of, number one,

making clear that America stands with the people, stands with the protesters, and threatening accountability.

And what does accountability look like?

He has made clear to the government of Iran, if you just sit there and begin massacring the protesters, there will be real consequences.

He hasn't specified what they are, but the clear implication is the consequences will be military in nature.

That deterrence, by the way, military in nature is not send hundreds of thousands of troops to the ground, but it may well be bomb the crap out of something like like there is.

Right.

And look, you combine President Trump taking out the Iranian nuclear facilities and you combine it with the raid and arrest on Maduro.

Two incredibly audacious national security steps massively improved the national security of America.

Both were incredible successes.

And in Iran, Israel's already taken out their air defenses.

Their air defenses are essentially non-existent.

Now, anytime you engage in military action, there is a risk.

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But Iran is in a markedly weakened position.

And so that threat is consequential.

I also hope and I believe, and I don't have any classified information on this, so I'm not revealing anything, but I hope and believe there's quite a bit that is happening under the surface that we're not seeing in terms of covert activities.

I hope we're doing everything humanly possible to help and support the protesters so that they can overthrow the government, not us, but them.

But we can be contrasted to...