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Donald Trump: “I terminated that deal with. If I didn't terminate that…”

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

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President Trump Participates in a Bilateral Meeting, Mar. 17, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 44:20

How could does the President have the power to hand hundreds of millions of dollars of cash to terrorists? But it began with that. And I terminated that deal with. If I didn't terminate that deal, we might not be here right now. If I didn't terminate that deal, unbelievable nuclear holocaust would have taken place. And then I did it a second time. (44:20–44:25)

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Asserts that terminating the Iran nuclear deal was crucial to preventing a nuclear holocaust.

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