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Donald Trump: “If a decent president was in, you wouldn't have had the…”

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President Trump Gaggles with the Press on Air Force One, Oct. 12, 2025

Published | Video Starts at 07:51

That was weak leadership, terrible. And the same thing with Russia, Russia, Ukraine. If just a decent president, not a great president like me, not a great president. If a decent president was in, you wouldn't have had the Russia, Ukraine. And this is, I would say, even more so. This was bad policy by Biden and by Obama. Remember when Bibi came and he begged that you not do what they were doing with Iran? (07:51–07:56)

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Asserts that the Russia-Ukraine conflict would not have occurred under a decent president.

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