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Donald Trump: “For 18 months, we had not one attack on an American soldier…”

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Donald Trump's full speech at 2024 RNC: Assassination attempt, criminal trials & critiques of Biden

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He actually said to me, but why, but why do you show me a picture of my home? I said, you'll have to ask your people or one of your wives. But he could figure it out. And For 18 months, we had not one attack on an American soldier by the Taliban. 18 months. And then we had that horrible day where soldiers were killed. I was not there because of a ridiculous election, but we had that horrible attack. (1:16:33–1:16:42)

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Asserts that there were no Taliban attacks on American soldiers for 18 months during Trump's presidency.

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