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Donald Trump: “Our power is not reliable enough. You have a grid that's old…”

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

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White House Meeting: President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu Discuss Trade, Iran, and Middle East Peace

Published | Video Starts at 47:19

I'm giving them energy. You know, we're going to let them build their own power plants. They'll be their own. Essentially, they're going to be in charge of the power plant because Our power is not reliable enough. You have a grid that's old and susceptible to a lot of things, including bombing and weather. and a lot of other things. And we're going to give them record timing in terms of approvals of electric plants. Most of them want to build electric plants. (47:19–47:29)

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Asserts that the current power grid is old and unreliable, susceptible to bombing and weather.

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