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Trump, 80, Has No Clue What Kind of Bomb He Wants to Drop on Iran

President Donald Trump isn’t doing a good job of explaining why he would drop one of America’s largest bombs on Iran. In an interview with Newsmax’s Rob Finnerty Thursday, Trump was asked about reports that he was considering dropping the “mother of all bombs,” or MOAB, one of the largest pieces of ordnance in the military’s arsenal, on Iranian nuclear…

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The New Republic· Oct 16, 1:21 PMTrump, 80, Has No Clue What Kind of Bomb He Wants to Drop on Iran

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