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Donald Trump: “Nobody wants to join our police forces. Our police forces…”

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

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President Trump Delivers Remarks to the Department of War

Published | Video Starts at 1:02:24

Nobody wants to join the army, the Marines, the Air Force. They want. They don't want to join. They don't want to join the Coast Guard at all. Nobody wants to join. Nobody wants to join our police forces. Our police forces also. It almost went hand in hand. And I used to say, boy, you know, I'm speaking in front of the military today, and it's embarrassing because I'm speaking in front of people who have a job that other people don't want. (1:02:24–1:02:30)

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Asserts that there was a lack of interest in joining police forces.

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