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Donald Trump: “They spent trillions of dollars trying to do this thing, and…”

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Donald Trump Discusses NATO Defense Spending and Iran-Israel Ceasefire

Published | Video Starts at 12:50

They've been trying to do it, by the way. It's hard to enrich. And you know, when you look at a site like that, very, very hard to build. Very, very hard. Very expensive. They spent trillions of dollars trying to do this thing, and they didn't come up with it. And we're actually getting along with them very well right now. But had we not succeeded with that hit. That hit ended the war. That hit ended the war. (12:50–12:56)

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Asserts that Iran spent trillions of dollars on their nuclear program without success.

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