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Donald Trump: “It went bad. You know, it was a great country 20 years ago…”

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Trump touts 'AMAZING' capture of Venezuela's Maduro: 'Could not have been better'

Published | Video Starts at 24:39

And there's no reason to, but you'll be seeing a lot of things. So we're going to have a pretty open news conference and we have to make sure that Venezuela doesn't go bad again. It went bad. You know, it was a great country 20 years ago, and now it's horrible. Remember I used to say that if they get elected, the other side, the people that we're talking about, if they get elected in our country, it will be Venezuela on steroids. (24:39–24:45)

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Asserts that Venezuela was a great country 20 years ago but is now in a terrible state.

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