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Donald Trump: “They were going to spend four years. I spent two months…”

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

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President Trump on Reflecting Pool Vandalism

Published | Video Starts at 04:41

Around 10 million. They say 16, but a lot of that is workers that work for the same thing. So they were going to spend $400 million. I spent 10. They were going to spend four years. I spent two months, maybe less. And I have a better product Now, I can't help it if somebody goes in with. With a knife and starts hacking it up. And we also have pictures of it. (04:41–04:48)

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Asserts that the previous administration planned to spend four years on the project, while Trump spent two months.

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