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Donald Trump: “The fact that 300 million people died last year from drugs…”

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Published | Video Starts at 08:57

Are you concerned that Maduro might escalate something? What's illegal are the drugs that were on the boat and the drugs that are being sent into our country. And The fact that 300 million people died last year from drugs, that's what's illegal. Do you think he's not telling the truth when he said it was a fisherman boat? Oh, there you could see it. You saw the bags of white, everything right through the bags. (08:57–09:02)

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Asserts that 300 million people died from drugs last year.

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