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

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Published | Video Starts at 31:29

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. (31:29–31:35)

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Asserts that the primary purpose of current actions is to pay down debt significantly.

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