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Donald Trump: “Russia has lost a million and a half people, soldiers…”

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

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President Trump Participates in a Press Conference with the Director of the FBI

Published | Video Starts at 26:36

No, we were not happy with him buying oil from Russia because that lets Russia continue on with this ridiculous war where they've lost a million and a half people. By the way, Russia has lost a million and a half people, soldiers mostly. This is a war that should have never started, but it's a war that Russia should have won in the first week, and they're going into the fourth year, and I want to see it stop. (26:36–26:40)

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Asserts that Russia has lost 1.5 million people, mostly soldiers, in the war.

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