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Donald Trump: “Obama did. He paid billions of dollars. He paid $1.7 billion…”

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Trump meets with emir of Qatar during G7 summit in France

Published | Video Starts at 05:39

We're not investing any money. We have the right to if we want, but we're not investing any money. We didn't pay for it like Obama did. He paid billions of dollars. He paid $1.7 billion from an airplane, all green cash. It was crazy. I watched that. I couldn't believe it. But the one thing that's happening that's of note, frankly, the only thing that really matters to me is Iran will never have a nuclear weapon. (05:39–05:46)

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Asserts that Obama paid $1.7 billion in cash to Iran.

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