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Donald Trump: “Russia was spending about 57 billion prior to the war, and…”

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

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Trump talks Elon, his vision for Gaza and 'tremendous momentum'

Published | Video Starts at 30:27

… saying, let's ease up on all this, you know, building all of this, you know, the bombs. We're talking about massive amounts of money, $900 billion. You know, it's interesting, Russia was spending about 57 billion prior to the war, and China about 200 billion. We were about 700. So we always spent more. Doesn't mean we got better. We have better equipment than anybody else. Nobody has even close to us. But. (30:27–30:36)

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Asserts specific defense spending figures for Russia, China, and the U.S. prior to a war.

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