Donald Trump claimed that Iran's nuclear weapons capability was terminated and the war ended in favor of the United States.
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Nidal Hasan was convicted of the attack that killed 13 people at Fort Hood Base in Texas in 2009.
US President Donald Trump claimed that Iran's nuclear weapons development capacity has been eliminated and that the war will end soon and gasoline prices will decline rapidly.
Trump made statements about Iran at the event held at the White House for Columbus Day.
Stating that the ongoing war with Iran will end soon, Trump argued that the USA has definitely won the war. Trump also made evaluations about gasoline prices in the country before the Congressional midterm elections to be held on November 3.
Claiming that Iran can no longer obtain nuclear weapons, Trump said, "There is no such thing as them (Iran) acquiring nuclear weapons anymore. We have ended that. The main issue is that we could not allow a country run by very violent people to obtain nuclear weapons, and they will not be able to have these weapons."
Stating that gasoline prices in the USA will decrease rapidly after the end of the war with Iran, Trump said, "For a while, prices dropped to around 1.95 dollars, and they will drop to those levels again."
Statement for Nidal Hasan: "He deserved the death penalty"
Trump also spoke about the decision to publicly execute Nidal Hasan, who was convicted of the attack that killed 13 people at Fort Hood Base in Texas in 2009.
Evaluating the death sentence given for Hasan, Trump said, "We are giving the death penalty to a man who killed 13 soldiers a few years ago. The death penalty will be implemented by firing squad, and he deserves it. He killed and injured many people, he is a complete maniac."
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