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Donald Trump: “We have done damage [to Iran] that will take them 20, 25…”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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President Trump Participates in a Bilateral Meeting with the President of the Republic of Lebanon

Published | Video Starts at 20:22

We'll hit that site, any site where they're even thinking about nuclear, we'll be hitting it very, very powerfully. Now, nobody knows except the Iranians the damage that we've done to them. We have done damage [to Iran] that will take them 20, 25 years to recover from. So if we left tomorrow, we had a big success, but we're not leaving tomorrow. Their ability to threaten the street, though, that's the question. (20:22–20:30)

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Asserts that U.S. actions have caused significant damage to Iran, requiring decades to recover.

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