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Donald Trump: “We sent guns, a lot of guns. They were supposed to go to the…”

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Published | Video Starts at 07:21

You know, we sent some guns. But the group that was supposed to give, which I said would happen to my people, I said it, I called it. Exactly. We sent guns, a lot of guns. They were supposed to go to the people so they could fight back against these thugs. You know what happened? The people that they sent them to kept them because they said, what a beautiful gun. (07:21–07:28)

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Asserts that the U.S. sent guns to Iran intended for the people to fight back.

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