Rubio: Iran won't be able to leverage US politics into forcing 'bad' deal on Trump
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- No, because I think what the president is making clear is that we re not going to let Iran use that as leverage, he replied.
- But I would say there s a price attached to a nuclear Iran, he continued.
- Rubio also said China agreed with the U.S. that the Strait of Hormuz should not be militarized and opposed the installation of a tolling system.
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Rubio offered the remarks during an interview with NBC News s Tom Llamas, who asked if Trump s remarks in China about how he does not think about Americans financial situations when negotiating with Iran were out of touch.
No, because I think what the president is making clear is that we re not going to let Iran use that as leverage, he replied. I think what the president is making clear is if the Iranians think that they are going to 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 other parts of the world.
Rubio said that there will be a dramatic reduction of energy prices once the Strait of Hormuz, through which about 20 percent of the world s supply travels, is reopened, because all that pent-up oil that s being held hostage by Iran –– once that reaches the marketplace, it will have a very positive impact.