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Donald Trump: “We took [Soleimani] out. He was the worst, one of the worst…”

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

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President Trump Holds Tax Day Event In Las Vegas, Nevada

Published | Video Starts at 23:52

I said, what the hell, it's only money. But they were. Some of them were good. They had one named the Soleimani. You know what, The Soleimani. We took [Soleimani] out. He was the worst, one of the worst terrorists in the history of this country, this world. They killed many of our people. Many of our people have been killed. When you see a young soldier mostly going around without legs, without arms, with their faces so badly injured, it was Soleimani that did that. (23:52–23:59)

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Asserts that Soleimani was one of the worst terrorists in history and was killed by U.S. forces.

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