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Donald Trump: “Allowing 25 million people to pour through an open border.”

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Trump cuts off trade with Spain as Iran intensifies

Published | Video Starts at 34:29

It's bad for both. The sadness is that if the election weren't rigged, my election, that war would have never taken place. And you know what else wouldn't have taken place? Allowing 25 million people to pour through an open border. That wouldn't have taken place. A lot of things would have been different. But we're doing very well. And I think a big, big factor in this world and future factor is what we're doing right now with Iran. (34:29–34:33)

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Asserts that 25 million people have crossed the U.S. border due to it being open.

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