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Trump’s warning came after the President admitted he called off a strike on the country at the last minute after being informed of the potential casualties. Speaking to NBC News on Sunday, Trump insisted he does not want a war with the Islamic Republic but that if war did occur, there would “obliteration like you’ve never seen before”. Trump said: “I'm not looking for war and if there is, it'll be obliteration like you've never seen before.

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“But I'm not looking to do that, but you can't have a nuclear weapon.”

Following his bold threat to Tehran, Trump did insist he would prefer to negotiate with the country.

Trump added: “You want to talk, good.

“Otherwise you're gonna have a bad economy for the next three years.”

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