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Donald Trump: “When I was president, Iran was in total check. The Iranians…”

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

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Donald Trump rally, Waunakee, Wisconsin

Published | Video Starts at 12:08

Thank you. Thank you very much. That's very nice. Even though she disturbed my chain of thought, that kind of a disturbance, we don't mind, right? But When I was president, Iran was in total check. The Iranians were starved for cash. Nobody was buying their oil. And they were ready to make a deal. They wanted to make a deal. They wanted to do something. And terrible thing. You know, we got more votes in the second election. (12:08–12:15)

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Asserts that during his presidency, Iran was financially constrained and unable to sell oil.

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