Donald Trump: “But a few hours ago, I had the tremendous privilege of…”

“And the White House will be the background of the fight. There will never be anything like this. There has never been, and there never will be anything like that. But a few hours ago, I had the tremendous privilege of presenting the 2025 Kennedy Center Honorees with their medallions. They're beautiful medallions from Tiffany, right in the Oval Office. And we thought we'd do it here. We thought we'd do it at different places and maybe pick the one that we like the best.” (22:10–22:19)

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