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Donald Trump: “We got hit with COVID and when we did, we spent the money…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 05:19

Thank you, President Trump. We have the greatest economy in the history of our country. We have never done so well. Everybody was amazed by it. Other countries were copying us. We got hit with COVID and when we did, we spent the money necessary so we wouldn't end up in a Great Depression. the likes of which we had in 1929 by the time we finished. So we did a great job. (05:19–05:27)

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Asserts that his administration spent money to prevent a Great Depression during COVID-19.

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