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Donald Trump: “Their currency is worthless. Their inflation is probably…”

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You know, we have sanctions on them, tremendous sanctions. Scott Bessant has done a great job. We have sanctions that nobody has ever seen before. No, they're failing. Their currency is worthless. Their inflation is probably 150%. The real number is 150. They aren't paying their soldiers. They can't pay their soldiers. The money is worthless. No, it's. They should do the smart thing, you know, they should do the smart Thing and because we don't want to go in and kill people. (46:57–47:05)

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Asserts that Iran's currency is worthless and inflation is at 150%.

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