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Donald Trump: “300,000 people died probably last year [from drug…”

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President Trump Makes an Announcement with the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy

Published | Video Starts at 16:08

If they want to come by land, they're going to end up having a big problem. They're going to get blown to pieces because we don't want our people poisoned. 300,000 people died probably last year [from drug overdoses]. 300,000. A lot of people say it was 200. Somebody said last night it was only 175,000 people. That's like three stadiums, big football stadiums filled up with people died. (16:08–16:12)

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Asserts that 300,000 people died from drug overdoses last year.

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