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Donald Trump: “If I didn't terminate [the Iran nuclear deal], they would…”

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President Trump Delivers Remarks at the Future Investment Initiative

Published | Video Starts at 06:48

But more importantly, they. They signed an agreement, the Iran nuclear deal, which if I didn't terminate it in my first term, I terminated it almost immediately. If I didn't terminate [the Iran nuclear deal], they would have had a nuclear weapon long ago. And they would have used it on the Middle East, Israel and the Middle East. And you know, the Middle east, because when you look at all the missiles that got fired, UAE had 1500 missiles shot at it. (06:48–06:57)

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Claims terminating the Iran nuclear deal prevented Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

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