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Program: AMERICA | S04 03 - How close did Trump get to nuclear war?

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Within months of taking office, Donald Trump threatened North Korea with "fire and fury".

Soon afterwards, he would tear up a nuclear deal with Iran and bring the US to the brink of war.

And yet that war never came.

This is the story of how Donald Trump resisted temptation and kept the peace.

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US President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un arrive to sign a document to acknowledge the progress of the talks and pledge to keep momentum going, after their summit at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore June 12, 2018.

United States, World Politics, US Elections

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