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Donald Trump: “I bombed their biggest bridge, the equivalent of the George…”

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

Published | Video Starts at 28:01

You know, they have 91 million people. People want me to bomb the bridges. Why don't I bomb? I already did. Because, you know, they went back on one of their promises and I bombed their biggest bridge, the equivalent of the George Washington Bridge of Iran. But we bombed that bridge. You saw that one quick strike by an F22, the most beautiful fighter jet ever made, by the way. In fact, we're ordering some more of them. (28:01–28:08)

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Asserts that he ordered the bombing of a major bridge in Iran.

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