Marco Rubio: If Iran Thinks That They’re Going to Use Our ‘Domestic Politics’ to Pressure Trump into a Bad Deal, ‘That’s Not Going to Happen’

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RUBIO: “Because I think what the president is making clear is that we’re not going to let Iran use that as leverage. Think about what the Iranians are thinking. The Iranians, and they watch this. Remember, there’s no free press. There is no you in Iran, right? There is — there is no press in Iran that can criticize the regime or say, you know, create any pressure on them. And I think what the president’s making clear is, if the Iranians think that they are going to, you know, use our domestic politics to pressure him into a bad deal, that’s not going to happen. We’ve taken extraordinary measures to keep gas prices lower than they are in some other parts of the world. And it will go down. Those straits will be open, and we will see those prices go down. And actually, I think you’re going to see a dramatic reduction in oil over time because all that pent-up oil that’s being held hostage by Iran, once that reaches the marketplace, it’ll have a very positive impact. But I would also say there’s a price attached to a nuclear Iran. If Iran ever acquires a nuclear weapon, they will immediately — what would stop them from controlling the straits then? And then forget about it being a three-month or a six-month problem. It could be a permanent one.”