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Donald Trump: “If I didn't get elected, I believe [Putin] would have just…”

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President Trump Hosts First Cabinet Meeting, Feb. 26, 2025.

Published February 26, 2025 | Video Starts at 56:00

I can't guarantee that, you know, a deal is a deal. Lots of crazy things happen in deals, right? But I think we're going to have a deal. If I didn't get elected, I believe [Putin] would have just continued to go through Ukraine. and over a period of time, a lot of people, a lot of people would have been killed, would have lasted for a period of time. (56:00–56:06)

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Asserts that without his election, Putin would have continued aggression in Ukraine.

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