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Donald Trump: “I thought it was a very foolish decision because it's a…”

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White House FIFA Task Force Meeting Led by President Trump

Published | Video Starts at 28:45

And I don't think I was really in politics at that point, but I know that President Obama didn't like it and they voted Russia out. And I say if they didn't vote Russia out, which I thought it was a very foolish decision because it's a group of people sitting around a table. I've done it many times with them. And you get to know them. And I say that if Russia, if It was the G8, if Russia were in it, I think you probably wouldn't have this ridiculous deadly war going on right now. (28:45–28:47)

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Asserts that removing Russia from the G8 was a foolish decision.

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