Rubio says in ‘simple English’ Iran run by ‘lunatics,’ defends Trump strike as ‘right decision’

Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered one of his bluntest defenses yet of President Donald Trump’s strikes on Iran Tuesday, sharply rejecting criticism and describing the regime as "lunatics" as he argued the president acted at the right moment to prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

"Let me explain to you guys this in simple English, okay? Iran is run by lunatics, religious fanatic lunatics," Rubio told reporters.

"They have an ambition to have nuclear weapons," Rubio said.