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SMITH: “Yeah. Well, it seems to be a little of both. In fact, that adds to the point I made a moment ago. Russia, too, is trying to find ways to help Iran. If Iran was truly isolated, that would be different in terms of how effective a blockade could be. But they’re not and they’re not because of what you just said. Both Russia and China are finding ways to help them. The details of that, we’re not 100% sure on all aspects of it a, b some of it is classified. But there’s no question Iran, Russia and China are helping Iran, and that makes it tougher to bring Iran to heel, basically. And that’s the global picture, something that Trump, who doesn’t have much of a detailed understanding of anything, didn’t see Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and also various terrorist organizations all have one thing in common. They want to weaken the United States. And increasingly in recent years, they are finding ways to work together, even though there’s big differences between all those groups I just mentioned, the one thing they have in common is they think a weaker U.S. gives them a freer hand in the world, so they will find ways to work together, which is also why it’s so important that we stand with Ukraine.”