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Donald Trump: “I think it was the worst day and in many ways the most…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 08:17

And there were hundreds of people that died that day, hundreds from. Many from the other side, needlessly, also. They did nothing to hurt anybody. But that was a. That was a terrible day. And I think it was the worst day and in many ways the most embarrassing day in the history of our country. And yet at the same time, we learned so much that it's, you know, we call it a big lesson. It won't happen again. A thing like that can never be allowed to happen again. (08:17–08:22)

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Asserts that a specific day was the worst and most embarrassing in U.S. history.

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