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Graham says Iran war will make U.S. "a tonne of money" and threatens Saudi Arabia with consequences
Senator Lindsey Graham told Fox News "we are going to make a tonne of money" from the Iran war, arguing the U.S. would gain partnership over 31 percent of global oil reserves when Iran and Venezuela's regimes fell. Graham simultaneously threatened Saudi Arabia with "consequences" for refusing to join Operation Epic Fury militarily, saying Gulf nations had "chosen the sidelines." The State Department had ordered evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh by this point due to Iranian strikes on Saudi territory.