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Donald Trump: “Biden got in and he approved [Nord Stream 2].”

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President Donald Trump participates in a bilateral meeting with the Taoiseach of Ireland

Published March 12, 2025 | Video Starts at 28:31

And in fact, I'm the one that stopped Nord Stream 2, the pipeline, the biggest pipeline anywhere in the world I stopped was dead. And then Biden got in and he approved [Nord Stream 2]. it. Nobody mentions that. What I did to Russia was very tough. I was the toughest ever. But nope, they never took anything from me. (28:31–28:34)

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Asserts that Biden approved the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.

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“They sued Apple, won $17 billion, and they use that for other reasons, I guess, or to run the European Union.”
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“We're going to be doing reciprocal tariffs. So whatever they charge us, we're charging them.”
President Donald Trump participates in a bilateral meeting with the Taoiseach of Ireland | Uploaded March 12, 2025 | 01:42-01:49
“During Biden's last few days, they hit last, so they were number 40.”
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“We're number one in cost per pupil.”
President Donald Trump participates in a bilateral meeting with the Taoiseach of Ireland | Uploaded March 12, 2025 | 06:07-06:10
“We're going to move the Department of Education, we're going to move education into the states.”
President Donald Trump participates in a bilateral meeting with the Taoiseach of Ireland | Uploaded March 12, 2025 | 06:14-06:20
“We want education to be moved back where the states run education.”
President Donald Trump participates in a bilateral meeting with the Taoiseach of Ireland | Uploaded March 12, 2025 | 07:25-07:30
“Last week 2,500 young people died while we sit here and talk and while they talk about peace.”
President Donald Trump participates in a bilateral meeting with the Taoiseach of Ireland | Uploaded March 12, 2025 | 12:00-12:09
“This war should have never happened. It would have never happened if I was president.”
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“You've had far more people die than they report, than these people report, for whatever reason.”
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“The EU was set up in order to take advantage of the United States, including Ireland.”
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“Ireland has got the entire US pharmaceutical industry in its grasp.”
President Donald Trump participates in a bilateral meeting with the Taoiseach of Ireland | Uploaded March 12, 2025 | 16:58-17:03
“If you want to sell anything into the United States, I'm going to put a 200% tariff on you.”
President Donald Trump participates in a bilateral meeting with the Taoiseach of Ireland | Uploaded March 12, 2025 | 18:04-18:11
“The United States of America is going to take back a lot of what was stolen from it by other countries and by, frankly, incompetent US…”
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“A lot of the companies that left are coming back.”
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“Illegal immigrants coming in from prisons, coming in from mental institutions, gang members, gang leaders, drug dealers pouring into our…”
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“The markets are going to soar when they see what's happening.”
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“There's tremendous optimism out there about our country in terms of regulations being cut, in terms of taxes being cut.”
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“We have 11,088 murderers that were allowed into [the U.S.].”
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“We're getting them the hell out.”
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“There's a massive deficit that we have with Ireland and with other countries, too.”
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“We can pressure, we can do that with Russia.”
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“Russia took Georgia from Bush. They took Crimea from [Obama]. They're trying to take the whole thing from Biden.”
President Donald Trump participates in a bilateral meeting with the Taoiseach of Ireland | Uploaded March 12, 2025 | 28:03-28:19
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President Donald Trump participates in a bilateral meeting with the Taoiseach of Ireland | Uploaded March 12, 2025 | 28:24-28:32
“What I did to Russia was very tough. I was the toughest ever.”
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“We've got Ukraine done.”
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President Donald Trump participates in a bilateral meeting with the Taoiseach of Ireland | Uploaded March 12, 2025 | 39:17-39:28
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President Donald Trump participates in a bilateral meeting with the Taoiseach of Ireland | Uploaded March 12, 2025 | 39:31-39:37
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President Donald Trump participates in a bilateral meeting with the Taoiseach of Ireland | Uploaded March 12, 2025 | 39:36-39:39
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President Donald Trump participates in a bilateral meeting with the Taoiseach of Ireland | Uploaded March 12, 2025 | 40:09-40:19
“They don't have our farm products. We have the greatest farmers in the world. They don't accept our farm products or we accept theirs.”
President Donald Trump participates in a bilateral meeting with the Taoiseach of Ireland | Uploaded March 12, 2025 | 40:28-40:35
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