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Donald Trump: “I told China, if you buy oil from Iran, that was their…”

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Published | Video Starts at 56:19

And again, Iran was not in a position to sponsor terror because they didn't have any money. I mean, now they have $300 billion. Biden took off all the sanctions. I had sanctions. I told China, if you buy oil from Iran, that was their biggest customer, you're not going to do any business in the United States. and we're going to put tariffs all over your products. And they said, well, we're going to pass. And they didn't buy. And I said the same thing to other countries and they didn't buy. (56:19–56:25)

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Asserts that Trump threatened China with trade restrictions if they bought oil from Iran.

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