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Donald Trump: “Last week, 8,000 soldiers killed. Last month, they had…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 08:55

We're settling wars at levels that nobody's ever seen before. Eight of them. We're looking for one more. That's Russia, Ukraine, if that's possible. And I think we'll get there eventually. Last week, 8,000 soldiers killed. Last month, they had 27,000 soldiers needlessly killed. We got to get that stopped. We're working very hard on it. Just over one year ago, our country was in very, very serious trouble. (08:55–09:04)

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Asserts that 8,000 soldiers were killed last week and 27,000 last month.

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