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Donald Trump: “They gave away $85 billion worth of brand new [military…”

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

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Donald Trump delivers speech at rally in Texas

Published | Video Starts at 58:17

That was the, that was the lowest point, I think in the history of our country. I don't think our country has ever been more degraded or embarrassed than anything like that. With that horrible day where They gave away $85 billion worth of brand new [military equipment] that I bought. because I rebuilt the entire military. We had 48 year old fighter jets, we built the entire military, rebuilt it, the whole military. (58:17–58:21)

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Asserts that $85 billion in military equipment was left in Afghanistan.

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