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Donald Trump: “Aberdeen was the oil capital of Europe.”

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Published | Video Starts at 38:30

A lot of the countries that we're talking about in oil and gas, such as essentially closing the Great North Sea Oil, oh, the North Sea, I know it so well. Aberdeen was the oil capital of Europe. and there's tremendous oil that hasn't been found in the North Sea. Tremendous oil. And I was with the Prime Minister, I respect and like a lot. (38:30–38:35)

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Asserts that Aberdeen was once the oil capital of Europe.

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