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Donald Trump: “Iran was broke. Anybody that did business with Iran…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 30:10

Our military doesn't respect him. We looked like fools in Afghanistan. We didn't stop Israel. It was such a horrible thing. That would have never happened. It should have never happened. Iran was broke. Anybody that did business with Iran, including China, they couldn't do business with the United States. They all passed. Iran was broke. They had no money for Hamas or Hezbollah, for terror. No money whatsoever. Again, Ukraine should have never happened. (30:10–1:36:46)

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Asserts that Iran was financially broke and countries doing business with Iran couldn't do business with the U.S.

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