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Donald Trump: “We had to take 11 or 12 truckloads of garbage out of that…”

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FULL GAGGLE: Trump Takes Questions About Iran War During Visit To The Lincoln Memorial

Published | Video Starts at 18:18

I don't know you. You probably don't see dirt, but I do. And you walk down this, this pond, if you would have walked down, they'll tell you better than anybody they We had to take 11 or 12 truckloads of garbage out of that lake, out of that water. And it sat there for years like that. And that's not what our country is about. Our country is about beauty, cleanliness, safety, great people. Not a fil. The Capitol. (18:18–18:28)

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Asserts that 11 or 12 truckloads of garbage were removed from the reflecting pond near the Lincoln Memorial.

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