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Donald Trump: “I built a lot of walls. And if we didn't do that, we…”

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

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Meet the Press Interview with President Donald Trump on Economy, Immigration, and Foreign Policy

Published | Video Starts at 31:20

And if we don't get them out, we're not going to have a country for long. We need honest. Yeah, we need honest media and we need walls. We need to have borders. And by the way, I built a lot of walls. And if we didn't do that, we wouldn't be able to have those. You know, we would not be able to have the kind of numbers if I wasn't successful in building hundreds of miles of wall. (31:20–31:24)

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Asserts that he built many walls which are crucial for border security.

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