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Donald Trump: “95%, 96.2, they say, or something. 95%. That was Soleimani…”

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President Trump holds a press conference at G7 summit — 6/17/2026

Published | Video Starts at 08:13

When you see young men, and in some cases women, mostly men, walking around without legs, without arms, with a face that's been blown to smithereens, it's Soleimani. 95%, 96.2, they say, or something. 95%. That was Soleimani. Did it happen to come from Iran? And I blew him up. You remember that? I blew him up in the valley of death. He got off his plane and we followed him. And. (08:13–08:24)

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Asserts that 95% of certain attacks were attributed to Soleimani and originated from Iran.

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