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Donald Trump: “I built [the military] during my first term.”

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They'll shoot being we knock it down like it's, it's crazy. It's amazing what our Navy has done, what our military has done. We have the greatest military in the world. And I built [the military] during my first term. I built it. And it's been incredible. But we're going to have that over with and oil is going to come down lower than it was before. (01:17–01:20)

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Asserts that Trump strengthened the U.S. military during his first term as president.

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