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Donald Trump: “The war would have never started. And by the way, for four…”

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

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Meet the Press Interview with President Donald Trump on Economy, Immigration, and Foreign Policy

Published | Video Starts at 50:01

Almost 95% of them are laying in smithereens, all broken up and so sad. Laying all over the ground because they were shot. It's really a bad situation. And he didn't get one phone call from Biden. The war would have never started. And by the way, for four years, it didn't start. I was there for four years. It was the apple of his eye. This was the apple of Putin's eye. There was no chance he would have gone in. What's the red line for you? (50:01–50:08)

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Asserts that the war in Ukraine would not have started if he were president, and it did not start during his presidency.

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