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Donald Trump: “Iran would have had a nuclear weapon at a high level either…”

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 59:24

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. And if they did, in my opinion, I told this to Bibi Netanyahu yesterday. Israel would have been extinguished. (59:24–59:32)

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Asserts that Iran was close to obtaining a high-level nuclear weapon.

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