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Donald Trump: “If we left today, it would take them 20 years to rebuild.”

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EXCLUSIVE: Trump addresses COST of IRAN war, GOP MIDTERM chances with ‘Full Measure’

Published | Video Starts at 03:05

It's very interesting because, you know, they make a deal and then they break it. Then they make a deal, they break it. It's a difficult group, but from a military standpoint, I mean, If we left today, it would take them 20 years to rebuild. Where are we in the war? If We've not yet gotten the nuclear materials, the enriched uranium from them. Well, we'll get that at some point. Whatever we want, we have it surveilled. (03:05–03:10)

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Asserts that it would take Iran 20 years to rebuild its military if the U.S. left.

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