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Donald Trump: “If we didn't hit that with the B2 bombers, or if it wasn't…”

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

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President Trump Holds a Press Conference, Jun. 17, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 15:33

Just. It's like a steel wall. So what happened is we then terminated that, and I call it the nuclear dust. And that was the end of that. But If we didn't hit that with the B2 bombers, or if it wasn't successful, they would have had a nuclear weapon. a nuclear bomb at a very high level. Not the highest, but it would have been a very high level. We have much bigger, but we hope that we're never going to have to use it. (15:33–15:39)

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Asserts that a military action prevented the acquisition of a nuclear weapon.

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