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Donald Trump: “One year ago, the United States was a dead country. And now…”

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

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President Trump and The First Lady Participate in the Thanksgiving Turkey Pardoning

Published | Video Starts at 14:51

One year ago, the king of Saudi Arabia said it to me. He said it to me, actually four months ago when I was in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, uae. He said, you know, One year ago, the United States was a dead country. And now you've got the hottest country anywhere in the world. that do. We're the hottest country. We have $18 trillion being invested. As of now, we're not even close to being one year. The most ever was 2 trillion for a certain country. (14:51–14:59)

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Asserts that the U.S. was considered a 'dead country' a year ago and is now the 'hottest country.'

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