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Donald Trump: “Much of [Venezuela's infrastructure] is stuff that we put…”

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It's a very dangerous thing to take out of the ground. It can kill a lot of people. It has killed a lot of people doing just that. The infrastructure is old, it's rotted. Much of [Venezuela's infrastructure] is stuff that we put there 25 years ago. and we're going to be replacing it and we're going to take a lot of money out so that we can take care of the country. (45:07–45:11)

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Asserts that much of Venezuela's infrastructure was installed by the U.S. 25 years ago.

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