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Donald Trump: “They didn't want to use [portable runways] because they…”

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Donald Trump rally, Waunakee, Wisconsin

Published | Video Starts at 24:40

He said, but we have auxiliary bases. We have what we call portable bases, sir. We have portable runways in the desert. Very good. And we got a lot of them, sir. They didn't want to use [portable runways] because they wanted to be politically correct. I said, so what would you do? I'd use them, sir. And so you tell me you think you can do something in four weeks that these people in Washington couldn't do in five years? (24:40–24:43)

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Asserts that the military did not use portable runways due to political correctness.

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