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Donald Trump: “I had killed Qassam Soleimani, who was an evil genius.”

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Trump warns Iran on precipice of widespread destruction in national address

Published | Video Starts at 1:00:25

I terminated it without even much thought. It was so easy. I terminated that and then the B2 bombers. And I did one other thing. I had killed Qassam Soleimani, who was an evil genius. And the reason I did it, I heard he was going to knock out 5 of our military bases. And had he lived, I believe we would be fighting perhaps a different Iran right now. (1:00:25–1:00:32)

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