Trump On Iran Threat: They Were ‘Dying’ Before US Made Them A ‘World Power’

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Before President Obama and Hillary Clinton came along, Donald Trump told supporters in Virginia Beach on Tuesday that Iran wasn’t “going to be much a threat” before the Iran nuclear deal, which he said made Iran a “world power.”

“If you take a look at Iran from four, five years ago they were dying,” Trump said in a town hall event. “They had sanctions, they were being choked to death and they were dying. They weren’t even going to be much of a threat.”

“They didn’t have anything going and now they’re a power,” Trump continued. “Overnight, we’ve made them a power.”

The GOP nominee went on to call the deal “the highest level of incompetence,” saying it would shorten the road to Iran obtaining nuclear weapons.

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  1. Trump doesn’t understand shit about Iran. A country doesn’t recover from sanctions in 20 minutes as he seems to think.

  2. Do you ever wonder what world The Donald lives in? OK, OK, that was rhetorical.

  3. The Apprentice?
    Trump seems to think being POTUS is like being the all powerful CEO of Corporation America. He’s in for a very rude shock should he get elected.

  4. OHbummer AND HITLAry made IRAn great. THe PROblem IS ISIS. We make IRAN great and THEN they hELP SYRia AND Russia HELPA Syria. WHY Not FOCUS on ISIS???

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