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Donald Trump: “They sent millions of people, really, and probably a number…”

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

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President Trump Gaggles with Press on Air Force One, Nov. 30, 2025

Published | Video Starts at 01:29

Mr. President, on Venezuela. Can you tell us more about why the airspace above Venezuela should be considered closed? Because we consider Venezuela to be not a very friendly country. They sent millions of people, really, and probably a number in excess of that. And a lot of those people shouldn't be in our country from jails, from gangs, from drug dealers, from all of the people that came into our country shouldn't have been in our country causing a lot of problem. (01:29–01:36)

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Asserts that Venezuela sent millions of people to the U.S.

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