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Donald Trump: “Some of them have been there for 40 years.”

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

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President Trump Attends the State Department Kennedy Center Honors Medal Presentation Dinner

Published | Video Starts at 06:13

We took some of the paintings that were downstairs in vaults. They have big vaults. They have 2,000 paintings, over 2,000. We have great curators, seven of them. And they love the place. Some of them have been there for 40 years. And if they don't like you, you don't get the painting you want. You don't get the Declaration of Independence brought up into the Oval Office. (06:13–06:16)

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Asserts that some curators have worked at the White House for 40 years.

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