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Donald Trump: “Had we not done that, Iran would have had a very powerful…”

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Trump cuts off trade with Spain as Iran intensifies

Published | Video Starts at 26:16

But they have thousands of missiles in a fairly short period of time. And I'll go two things. The attack that we did, known as Midnight Hammer. Had we not done that, Iran would have had a very powerful nuclear weapon within one month. We did it. It was great timing. But, you know, and you've been able to see that too. (26:16–26:23)

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Asserts that without [the U.S. attack known as Midnight Hammer], Iran would have had a nuclear weapon within one month.

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