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Donald Trump: “Barack Hussein Obama signed the jcpoa. It was a horrible…”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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Meet the Press Full Episode — June 7

Published | Video Starts at 23:45

I said, I have to do this country, this world, the Middle East, Israel, everybody a favorite. You have Iran. They're going to have a nuclear weapon. Barack Hussein Obama signed the jcpoa. It was a horrible deal. It was a path to them getting a nuclear weapon. They were very close to having a nuclear weapon. I terminated the deal. Wait. Then I sent the B2 bombers in about nine, 10 months ago and they obliterated, totally obliterated the site. (23:45–23:58)

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Asserts that the JCPOA signed by Obama was a path for Iran to obtain nuclear weapons.

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