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Ted Cruz: “They took the billions of dollars, they turned around and…”

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Why I Told President Trump to Attack Iran - Sen. Ted Cruz

Published | Video Starts at 30:52

And they said, okay, if you don't develop nuclear weapons, we will give you billions of dollars. And Kim Jong Il said, great deal. Happy to do it. Well, what happened? They took the billions of dollars, they turned around and developed nuclear weapons. And now North Korea has nuclear weapons. And they regularly threatened to use them. They threatened to use them on their neighbors in Asia. They threatened to use them on the United States. (30:52–30:57)

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Asserts that North Korea used financial incentives from the Clinton administration to develop nuclear weapons.

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