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Donald Trump: “The project was so corrupt that Congress actually asked me…”

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

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FULL SPEECH: Trump addresses United Nations General Assembly

Published | Video Starts at 13:07

Do you notice that as far as I'm concerned, frankly, looking at the building and getting stuck on the escalator, they still haven't finished the job. They still haven't finished. That was years ago. The project was so corrupt that Congress actually asked me to testify before them on the tremendous waste of money. because it turned out that they had no idea what it was, but they knew it was anywhere between 2 and $4 billion, as opposed to $500 million with a guarantee, but they had no idea. (13:07–13:16)

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Asserts that the UN building project was corrupt and led to a congressional testimony request.

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