Donald Trump on Iran and the Middle East
Donald Trump says Iran fired missiles at what he calls 'sort of semi-neutral' Gulf states, naming Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, Kuwait, and Bahrain as targets that tried to stay out of the main fight. These nations have absorbed thousands of Iranian missiles and drones since February, striking energy plants, airports, and areas near a nuclear facility, while the UAE just cut all trade with Iran following two new ballistic missile launches this week. In a CLASH REPORT transcript, Trump blamed the conflict on ending the Obama deal, arguing that without his termination of it, Iran would have built a nuclear weapon and used it quickly to wipe out Israel and the Middle East.
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That was the Obama deal that was such a disaster that he made years ago. Had that deal, had I not terminated that deal, Iran would have a nuclear weapon. And they would have used it very quickly. They would have wiped out Israel. They would have wiped out the Middle East. And you saw that because when this thing started, surprisingly to everybody, they started shooting missiles at sort of semi-neutral countries. They were going after Saudi Arabia, Qatar. They were going after UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, and nobody really knew they were so involved. And they started hitting everybody. If they had a nuclear weapon, they would have used it on everybody. And look, there would be no Israel if there was not a Donald Trump president. I think there'd be no Saudi Arabia either. Right now, I believe the Middle East would have been entirely wiped out. But Israel definitely would have been wiped out. There's no question. There would be...
