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Donald Trump: “Eight million people dead. It was going on. Nobody could go…”

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

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Donald Trump Discusses Trade Deals, Gaza Crisis, and Global Ceasefires

Published | Video Starts at 14:03

Nobody has ever done what we've done. We have six different major. If you take a look at Rwanda and the Congo, Republic of the Congo, they've been fighting for 31 years. Eight million people dead. It was going on. Nobody could go to that part of Africa. They were being killed to even walk there. You'd been killed with machetes. And it was a violent situation. And I was able to. They liked Trump. (14:03–14:09)

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Asserts that eight million people died in a conflict in Africa.

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