Trump Says ‘It Was Shocking’ that Iran Retaliated Against UAE, Other Neighbors

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TRUMP: "It’s been a good ally of ours. And, you know, these are unusual times. They were — more than anybody else, I mean, it was shocking because we thought that they’d shoot missiles at Israel, but not every other country in the area. And, you know, UAE got hit with 1400 missiles. Now, fortunately, they had the Patriots and they had a great defense and they were able to shoot down most of them, but they did get hit hard. They were hit the hardest of the group, actually. And they’re really led by incredible people. Yeah, I mean, I’m surprised because they are really rich. You know, they invested a year ago, I went there and I got them to invest $1 trillion in the United States for building a tremendous plant in a great state called Oklahoma, aluminum plant, smelting plant, beautiful, incredible top of the — it will be the best anywhere in the world. You know, they’re very good for this country. So, yeah, if I could help them, I would. I mean, we’re helping them much more with what we’re doing with the war because, you know, the bully of the Middle East was Iran. Iran was a bully and bullied all of these countries around and they threatened 'em all the time and they threatened about the Hormuz Strait.”