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Donald Trump: “The purpose of what I'm doing is primarily to pay down debt…”

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

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President Trump Signs an Executive Order, Aug. 5, 2025

Published | Video Starts at 31:26

And we have a lot of things we can do. You know, one of the questions asked of me this morning is, are you going to make a dividend to the people? And The purpose of what I'm doing is primarily to pay down debt, which will happen in very large quantity. But I think there's also a possibility that we're taking in so much money that we may very well make a dividend to the people of America. Thank you all very much. (31:26–31:32)

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Asserts that his actions are primarily aimed at paying down U.S. debt in large quantities.

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