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Donald Trump: “I rebuilt the military in my first term.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 12:31

You know, our budgets are higher. We're going to buy more military equipment. We have to in this world. We have to. We have the strongest military. I rebuilt the military in my first term. We have the strongest military we've ever had and we're going to keep it that way. And you get a little glimpse of that with Iran nuclear, but you get a really very current glimpse from two weeks ago with Venezuela. (12:31–12:34)

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