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Donald Trump: “We hit them hard and it was a total obliteration.”

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Iran would. If we didn't take them out, they would have had a nuclear weapon within two months. They were very close to having the nuclear weapon and We hit them hard and it was a total obliteration. If they. They may try again, but they're going to have to try from a different area because that area was obliterated. And incredible thing we did. (17:58–18:02)

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Asserts that a military action resulted in the total obliteration of a target.

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