We paused nearly five minutes for the rain to pass and then picked up our conversation. I didn't guarantee no war. Why would I have built the strongest military in the world? I built our military. I inherited a terrible military. We had no equipment, we had nothing. I built a tremendous military. Biden gave a lot of it away. But it's still a relatively small portion compared to what I built. But you said it over and over again. (21:23–21:28)
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Asserts that he rebuilt the U.S. military from a poor state.
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