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Donald Trump: “He's lost a million and a half soldiers. Probably close…”

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

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President Trump Participates in a Bilateral Lunch with the President of the Argentine Republic

Published | Video Starts at 1:02:34

He's going into four years of a war that should have beaten. He should have won that war in one week. He's now going to soon be into his fourth year. He's lost a million and a half soldiers. Probably close, certainly, in terms of wounded and no legs and no arms. and all the things that happen in horrible wars. It's a horrible war. That's the biggest thing that's happened Since World War II in terms of death. (1:02:34–1:02:43)

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Asserts that a million and a half soldiers have been lost in the Ukraine conflict.

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