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Donald Trump: “Within five years they'll [China] be probably even [in…”

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Special Report: Trump holds G7 summit press conference amid tentative Iran deal

Published | Video Starts at 15:50

We're going to take you live to France where President Trump is holding a news conference on the final day of the G7 summit. The President is already speaking, so we're going to take you there live right now. Within five years they'll [China] be probably even [in nuclear capabilities]. And we ought to make a denuclearization deal would be so great. We don't need all of that. We don't need to be able to blow up the whole world 300 times over. (15:50–15:52)

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Asserts that China will likely catch up in nuclear capabilities within five years.

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