Donald Trump: “They've been acting up for 37, 47, I guess now 48 years.”

“I was right. In fact, I said, you have to attack Kharg, Kharg Island. You have to attack them years ago when they were acting up. They've been acting up for 37, 47, I guess now 48 years. For 48 years they've been bad players, vicious players. And you can't let them have a nuclear weapon.” (17:24–17:30)

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