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Donald Trump: “If we didn't destroy the nuclear capability of Iran, that…”

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

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President Trump Participates in a Press Conference with the Director of the FBI

Published | Video Starts at 42:31

We won't need the US Military. So then why haven't. We won't need it? Why not just need. Because we're very much involved, and if we weren't involved, there wouldn't be peace. If we didn't destroy the nuclear capability of Iran, that deal would have never happened for two reasons. The Arab nations would not have felt bold enough to do it. Because you have a very powerful, at that time, Iran, it's not powerful anymore between what we, what Israel and US did. (42:31–42:39)

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Asserts that the destruction of Iran's nuclear capability was crucial for a deal to happen.

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