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Donald Trump: “I turned it on for environmental reasons and also fire…”

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

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Trump holds meeting with NATO leader Mark Rutte

Published | Video Starts at 42:58

You used to have 25 years ago. They used to have plenty of water, but they turned it off for. Again, for environmental reasons. Well, I turned it on for environmental reasons and also fire reasons. But. And I've been asking them to do that during my first term. I said, do it. I didn't think anything could happen like this, but they didn't have enough water. (42:58–43:03)

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Asserts that water was turned on for environmental and fire reasons.

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