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Donald Trump: “Drugs coming through water, the sea, ocean, sea, Gulf down…”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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Special Report: Trump holds G7 summit press conference amid tentative Iran deal

Published | Video Starts at 35:51

We're going to take you live to France where President Trump is holding a news conference on the final day of the G7 summit. The President is already speaking, so we're going to take you there live right now. Drugs coming through water, the sea, ocean, sea, Gulf down 97.2%. That's the ones that get hit. Just like we hit the Iranian minesweepers and mine droppers they call them. They dropped. Who would have 28 mind droppers? Who has 28 mind droppers? (35:51–36:01)

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Asserts that drug trafficking through waterways has decreased by 97.2%.

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