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Donald Trump: “A president should have stepped up long ago and saved these…”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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FULL: Trump deploys National Guard to Memphis, takes questions from Oval Office

Published | Video Starts at 12:51

Mr. President, we greatly appreciate your support and the advanced foresight you had in doing that. It's so exciting. And somebody had to do this. A president should have stepped up long ago and saved these cities. So it's not that I wanted to do it. Believe me, somebody had to do it. And we're doing it in a big way. Pete, could you say a few words, please? (12:51–12:55)

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Asserts that previous presidents should have acted to save cities from crime.

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