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Donald Trump: “For 47 years, no president was willing to do what I'm doing.”

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President Trump holds news conference amid Iran conflict

Published | Video Starts at 53:06

And I guess that's another theory, but we want to have it ended so that another president doesn't have. Look, For 47 years, no president was willing to do what I'm doing. And they should have done it a long time ago. It would have been a lot easier. There's no president that wanted to do it. And yet every president knew. (53:06–53:11)

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Asserts that no U.S. president in the past 47 years has taken the actions he is currently taking regarding Iran.

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