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Donald Trump: “Iran is not the same country. Iran was a country that was…”

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

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President Trump Holds Signing Ceremony

Published | Video Starts at 21:17

These are great. These are actually great people and great leaders. There's no way they could have done a deal if Iran was not really nullified to a large extent. Iran is not the same country. Iran was a country that was feared by everybody. Now it's a country that's been very much downgraded. I'm sure they'll try and come back, and they're very capable people. Maybe they will, maybe they won't. They are reconstituting that, their missile program quite quickly. (21:17–21:26)

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Asserts that Iran's status and influence have been significantly reduced.

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