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Donald Trump: “After the war, which we won, we won it big. Without us right…”

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But we saved Greenland and successfully prevented our enemies from gaining a foothold in our hemisphere. So we did it for ourselves also. And then After the war, which we won, we won it big. Without us right now you'd all be speaking German and a little Japanese. Perhaps after the war we gave Greenland back to Denmark. How stupid were we to do that? But we did it. But we gave it back. But how ungrateful are they now? (22:55–23:05)

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Asserts that the United States' victory in World War II prevented German and Japanese dominance.

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