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Donald Trump: “If we didn't hit them, that was a courageous decision too…”

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 59:10

And by the way, the word is obliteration. CNN said, well, maybe it wasn't complete. It was so complete that they still haven't been able to get it. It was obliteration. But If we didn't hit them, that was a courageous decision too because we had all those planes flying in at night with very little cover. Unbelievable stealth planes. And they were able to do their job. If we didn't do that, Iran would have had a nuclear weapon at a high level either one of those two instances. (59:10–59:20)

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Asserts that a military operation against Iran was conducted with stealth and minimal cover.

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