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Donald Trump: “Venezuela was very, very successful. And now it's a…”

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President Trump Participates in a Bilateral Lunch with the President of the Argentine Republic

Published | Video Starts at 33:06

It's really meant to help a good financial philosophy where Argentina can, after 20 years of disaster, because it was very successful at one point and it can be again. Like Venezuela. Venezuela was very, very successful. And now it's a dictatorship. So we can, when we can help our neighbors, you know, we're making tremendous progress in South America. South America. Marco was telling me my. He's like our great expert here. (33:06–33:12)

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Asserts that Venezuela was once successful but is now a dictatorship.

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