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Donald Trump: “Europe has sadly spent more money buying Russian oil and gas…”

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

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President Trump Full Speech to Joint Session of Congress

Published | Video Starts at 1:27:14

Yes. 2,000 people are being killed every single week. More than that. They're Russian young people. They're Ukrainian young people. They're not Americans. But I want it to stop. Meanwhile, Europe has sadly spent more money buying Russian oil and gas than they have spent on defending Ukraine by far. Think of that. They've spent more buying Russian oil and gas than they have defending. And we've spent perhaps $350 billion. Like taking candy from a baby. That's what happened. (1:27:14–1:27:23)

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Asserts that Europe has spent more on Russian oil and gas than on Ukraine's defense.

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