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Donald Trump: “Thousands of people were looking [for the second crew…”

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Trump warns Iran on precipice of widespread destruction in national address

Published | Video Starts at 06:37

We were bringing them all over, and a lot of it was subterfuge. We wanted to have them think he was in a different location because they had a vast military force out there. Thousands, Thousands of people were looking [for the second crew member]. So we wanted them to look in different areas. So we were scattered all over like we were right on top of them. We had seven different locations where they thought, and they were very confused. (06:37–06:40)

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Asserts that thousands of people were searching for the second crew member in Iran.

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