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Donald Trump: “For 18 months, not one, under my administration, 18 months…”

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

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Donald Trump rally, Waunakee, Wisconsin

Published | Video Starts at 16:36

You take the military out last, sir, the kid was five years old. But we took the military out first and that's when it came. That was what happened. You know, For 18 months, not one, under my administration, 18 months, not one soldier was shot at. Not one soldier in Afghanistan was killed. And, well, I talked to the lead because they were killing a lot of our soldiers with snipers, sniper fire, and they were killing a lot of our soldiers. (16:36–16:52)

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Asserts that no U.S. soldiers were shot at or killed in Afghanistan for 18 months under his administration.

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