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Donald Trump: “The demolition would have cost $60 million to take the stone…”

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

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President Trump Participates in a Small Business Summit

Published | Video Starts at 56:12

It showed all the everything. So we finished it about two, three days ago. They ripped the hell, you know, they roughened the surface, they left all, everything there. The demolition would have cost $60 million to take the stone out and put new stone in. So we cleaned it, we steam cleaned it, we sandblasted it, we pebble blasted. You know what, pebble blasting. That's a serious sandblast. That's really because it's granite. It's so strong. (56:12–56:19)

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