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Donald Trump: “If the election weren't rigged, my election, that war…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 34:21

They have to be able to talk to each other. They hate each other a lot. That has an impact. You know, it really has an impact. It's bad for both. The sadness is that If the election weren't rigged, my election, that war [Russia-Ukraine] would have never taken place. And you know what else wouldn't have taken place? Allowing 25 million people to pour through an open border. That wouldn't have taken place. A lot of things would have been different. (34:21–34:27)

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Asserts that the Russia-Ukraine war would not have occurred if the 2020 U.S. presidential election had not been rigged.

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