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Donald Trump: “Iran had no money when I was in charge.”

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

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Donald Trump rally, Waunakee, Wisconsin

Published | Video Starts at 18:32

I know because I rebuilt our military. I rebuilt it, it needed it. And I hated rebuilding that, but I rebuilt that, too, because we had no choice. But Iran had no money when I was in charge. They had a lot of money when I started. They had no money when I finished. And now they have $300 billion and another $300 billion from their wholly owned subsidiary, Iraq. (18:32–18:37)

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Asserts that Iran had no money during his administration.

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