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While speaking with Hilton, he recounted the costs of war which he said he wanted to avoid.
"With all of everything that’s going on, and I’m not one that believes -- you know, I’m not somebody that wants to go into war, because war hurts economies, war kills people most importantly -- by far most importantly," he said.
Trump has urged Iranians to come to the table even as they appeared to continue retaliating over higher sanctions -- a devastating form of pressure that started with Trump's decision to exit the Obama-era nuclear deal.
TRUMP SAYS WAR WILL MEAN 'OFFICIAL END OF IRAN', WARNS 'NEVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN'
"I ended the Iran Nuclear Deal, and actually, I must tell you -- I had no idea it was going to be as strong as it was. It totally -- the country is devastated from the standpoint of the economy," he told Hilton.
While the president stood by that decision, he faced renewed criticism from Democrats over that 2018 exit. Many of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates have pledged to re-enter the deal.
One of those was Mayor Pete Buttigieg who, on Thursday, reportedly leveled some harsh criticism of the president's Iran strategy. Trump caught headlines for appearing to toy with Buttigieg's name -- pronouncing it as "boot edge edge."
PETE BUTTIGIEG FAST FACTS: 5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE SOUTH BEND MAYOR RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT
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He did the same during his interview with Hilton but seemed to support Buttigieg's relationship with his same-sex partner and defend his relatively ambitious plan to run for president from a mayoral seat.
"You know, it’s sort of interesting because he’s running for the president of the United States as a mayor. But you could say that I ran for president of the United States, and I was never in politics before, right? But I had a good life, and I had a successful life," he said.
Trump wasn't so diplomatic towards frontrunner and former Vice President Joe Biden. Biden, whose administration crafted the deal, derided Trump in 2018 for erasing "years" of progress with Iran. He will likely make Iran an even bigger issue as the 2020 elections neared.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-biden-iran-nuclear-weapons-fox-news-steve-hilton
"With all of everything that’s going on, and I’m not one that believes -- you know, I’m not somebody that wants to go into war, because war hurts economies, war kills people most importantly -- by far most importantly," he said.
Trump has urged Iranians to come to the table even as they appeared to continue retaliating over higher sanctions -- a devastating form of pressure that started with Trump's decision to exit the Obama-era nuclear deal.
TRUMP SAYS WAR WILL MEAN 'OFFICIAL END OF IRAN', WARNS 'NEVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN'
"I ended the Iran Nuclear Deal, and actually, I must tell you -- I had no idea it was going to be as strong as it was. It totally -- the country is devastated from the standpoint of the economy," he told Hilton.
While the president stood by that decision, he faced renewed criticism from Democrats over that 2018 exit. Many of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates have pledged to re-enter the deal.
One of those was Mayor Pete Buttigieg who, on Thursday, reportedly leveled some harsh criticism of the president's Iran strategy. Trump caught headlines for appearing to toy with Buttigieg's name -- pronouncing it as "boot edge edge."
PETE BUTTIGIEG FAST FACTS: 5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE SOUTH BEND MAYOR RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT
Video
He did the same during his interview with Hilton but seemed to support Buttigieg's relationship with his same-sex partner and defend his relatively ambitious plan to run for president from a mayoral seat.
"You know, it’s sort of interesting because he’s running for the president of the United States as a mayor. But you could say that I ran for president of the United States, and I was never in politics before, right? But I had a good life, and I had a successful life," he said.
Trump wasn't so diplomatic towards frontrunner and former Vice President Joe Biden. Biden, whose administration crafted the deal, derided Trump in 2018 for erasing "years" of progress with Iran. He will likely make Iran an even bigger issue as the 2020 elections neared.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-biden-iran-nuclear-weapons-fox-news-steve-hilton