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Donald Trump: “We became a net energy exporter for the first time in the…”

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Donald Trump delivers speech at rally in Texas

Published | Video Starts at 12:48

I'll put it right in the face of that beautiful piece of equipment, whatever the hell it is. Well, that looks beautiful. That is a beautiful hunk of stuff that goes. And We became a net energy exporter for the first time in the history of our country. Do you know that because of people like that, within days of my inauguration, I approved the Keystone XL and the Dakota Access pipelines. Literally within days. Remember, they were stopped. (12:48–12:54)

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