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Donald Trump: “If a certain president did his job, Kim Jong Un would not…”

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

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Trump warns Iran on precipice of widespread destruction in national address

Published | Video Starts at 1:21:52

45. Which should have never happened. If a certain president. I'm not going to mention this president because I happen to like him, believe it or not. But If a certain president did his job, Kim Jong Un would not have nuclear weapons right now. But they were all afraid to do their job properly. But just to conclude and just to finish, Japan didn't help us. Australia didn't help us. South Korea didn't help us. (1:21:52–1:21:58)

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Asserts that a previous U.S. president failed to prevent North Korea from acquiring nuclear weapons.

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