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Donald Trump: “If we were able to cut out 50% of the fraud... we would have…”

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

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We're in there looking for where this money is coming from, how much it is. It could be more than $19 billion. Can you believe that? That's just one state. If we were able to cut out 50% of the fraud... we would have a balanced budget. a balanced budget without having to talk about even growth. So we have a lot of options, but we're working very hard on that. That's a big deal. (06:06–06:18)

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Asserts that cutting 50% of fraud would balance the U.S. budget.

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