Trump Asked: 'Are You Giving Up On Your Maximum Pressure Campaign' On Iran?

At a press briefing at the NATO Summit, President Trump was asked about Iran.

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00:00Thank you so much, Mr. President. Yesterday you said China can now continue to purchase oil from Iran.

00:07Yeah. Are you giving up on your maximum pressure campaign? With who? Because there are sanctions right now. With who? On Iran.

00:14No, look, they just had a war. The war was fought. They fought it bravely. I'm not giving up. They're in the oil business.

00:22I mean, I could stop it if I wanted. I could sell China the oil myself. I don't want to do that.

00:27But they're going to need money to put that country back into shape. We want to see that happen.

00:33No, if they're going to sell oil, they're going to sell oil. We're not taking over the oil. We could have.

00:37I used to say with Iraq, keep the oil. I could say it here, too. We could have kept the oil.

00:43No, China is going to want to buy oil. They can buy it from us. They can buy it from other people.

00:48But you're going to have to put that country back into shape. It desperately needs money. Yeah.

00:54Yeah, please.

00:57Here we go. I'm picking the beauties today. Go ahead.