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Donald Trump: “That's a war that would have never happened if I were…”

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A lot of his people are dying. They're being killed. And I feel very badly about it. I feel very badly about. That's a war that would have never happened if I were president. And it didn't happen for four years. It was never even a thought of it happening. It does feel like something's happening. After that meeting with Zelensky in St. Peter's you posted this on social media. (24:32–24:35)

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Asserts that the Ukraine war would not have occurred if he were president.

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