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Donald Trump: “Venezuela has been an amazing thing because we've paid for…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 1:09:33

But Venezuela was giving them the money to survive. And now, you know, the money is, I guess you could say, is coming to us and is going to Venezuela. Venezuela has been an amazing thing because we've paid for the cost of the attack many, many times over. And it's been a long time since you've heard, you just laid out. Do you think that Cuba is close to collapsing? It sort of collapsed, and we're going to handle that as soon as we've. (1:09:33–1:09:40)

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Asserts that the U.S. has recouped the costs of its actions in Venezuela many times over.

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