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Donald Trump: “They were trying to protect a certain little fish.”

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Trump holds meeting with NATO leader Mark Rutte

Published | Video Starts at 43:24

But I actually had to break in. We broke in to do it because we had people that were afraid to give water. They were in particular, They were trying to protect a certain little fish. And I said, how do you protect a fish if you don't have water? They didn't have any water. So they're protecting a fish. And that didn't work out too well, by the way. (43:24–43:28)

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Asserts that water diversion was to protect a fish species.

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