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Donald Trump: “It should decrease, yeah. I hope it decreases.”

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FULL PRE-SUPER BOWL GAGGLE Trump Takes Question After Question From Reporters On Air Force One

Published | Video Starts at 23:42

Why would you need it? The State Department can take care of it. Do you think the amount of spending on foreign aid will decrease also, or just the number of employees? It should decrease, yeah. I hope it decreases. Yeah. By. No. When we have. When we have $36 trillion in debt and we're taking care of countries that are very rich and sending aid to countries in some cases that are rich, in some cases they're not rich. (23:42–23:45)

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Asserts that foreign aid spending should decrease.

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