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Donald Trump: “I rebuilt the military.”

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

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We have great borders. Our military is the greatest in the world, the strongest. We inherited a terrible mess. I inherited a mess from Obama and I inherited, frankly. I built, I rebuilt the military. But a lot of our military was badly jeopardized. Badly jeopardized by sleepy Joe Biden. I mean, they gave everything. They gave so much away. (35:56–35:58)

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