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Donald Trump: “Los Angeles was going to be taken over if I didn't go in.”

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President Trump Participates in a Bilateral Lunch with the President of the Argentine Republic

Published October 14, 2025 | Video Starts at 1:11:17

He said that. Now, two or three weeks later, he said, oh, we could have done it, but he knows he couldn't. The city Los Angeles was going to be taken over if I didn't go in. And you have to remember that Los Angeles was going to be taken over. And we have it where the chief said it, I believe, numerous times. (1:11:17–1:11:20)

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