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Donald Trump: “We have 92% of the shoreline [of the Gulf of Mexico].”

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

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President Trump Participates in a Troop Visit and Remarks on the USS George Washington

Published | Video Starts at 56:34

And it took me, you know, all for many years. I said, why is it called The Gulf of Mexico, when we seem to have the shore. Well, we do. We have 92% of the shoreline [of the Gulf of Mexico]. So I said, you know, when we make it back. Not if. When. Too big to rig. We made it too big to rig. I said, get out and vote. (56:34–56:38)

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Asserts that the United States has 92% of the shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico.

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