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Donald Trump: “We got rid of hundreds of thousands of federal workers.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 20:19

And the growth will soon make the debt look very small. Because the greatest way you have two ways you can cut, cut, cut. And we do that anyway. We did that, you know, We got rid of hundreds of thousands of federal workers. and those workers went out and got themselves jobs in the free enterprise system. And you know what that's called? Making America great again. (20:19–20:23)

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