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Donald Trump: “We're in Iran right now. Other presidents should have done…”

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

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Extended interview: President Trump on White House Correspondents' Dinner

Published | Video Starts at 02:00

We had a skirmish, a war, whatever you want to call it, with Venezuela. We won that very decisively. And we now have a great relationship with Venezuela. It's been a very profitable relationship. And We're in Iran right now. Other presidents should have done it, but they never chose to do it. They should have. They made a terrible mistake by not doing it. It's tougher now than it would have been 10 years ago or even five years ago because thousands and thousands of missiles and everything else. (02:00–02:07)

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Asserts that the U.S. is currently involved in Iran and previous presidents should have acted similarly.

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