Washington 0
20 June 2020

President Trump contended that “I’m going to make a very fast deal [with Iran]… they are not doing so well. Someday, we’re going to get credit for this, someday, but they are waiting. Iran wants to make a deal so badly… But they’re told by [former Secretary of State John] Kerry and all these people: ‘wait, because if Trump loses, you'll own America’”. “I told them we can wait, but when I win, you’re going to pay a much higher price than if you made a deal”, Trump added.

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