Donald Trump: “This very day is the third anniversary of the invasion of…”

“I've seen the pictures, I've seen the satellite photos and lots of other photos. And it's a horrible thing that's happening. Thousands of people are dying a week. This very day is the third anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine, which would never have happened if I was President. That was not going to happen. The horrors of this gruesome and bloody war can scarcely be overestimated. Hundreds of thousands of people, Russians and Ukrainians in particular, have needlessly died.” (02:21–02:28)

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