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Donald Trump: “I rebuilt [the military] at my first term.”

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Trump gives update on White House correspondents' dinner shooting

Published | Video Starts at 23:45

Look, we're leading the world in trade now. We're leading the world in the military. We're the greatest military in the world. I rebuilt [the military] at my first term. And now we use it because we have no choice. We can't let, as an example, Iran. We can't let them get a nuclear weapon. That'll. Everything will be peanuts compared to that. (23:45–23:48)

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