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Donald Trump: “The other day they had 31 billion, that they found $31…”

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

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President Trump Delivers Remarks to the Department of War

Published | Video Starts at 25:25

Other countries were taking advantage of us for years and years. You know that better than anybody. And now we're treating them fairly. But the money coming in is, we've never seen anything like it. The other day they had 31 billion, that they found $31 billion. So we found $31 billion. And we're not sure from where it came from. A gentleman came in, a financial guy. I said, well, what does that mean? (25:25–25:30)

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Asserts that $31 billion was found unexpectedly.

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