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Donald Trump: “We invested a record $1 trillion in our armed forces.”

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Published | Video Starts at 04:48

Again, they didn't respect us two years ago. They laughed at us. NATO laughed at us. Everybody laughed at us. They don't laugh anymore. There's no more laughing this year. We invested a record $1 trillion in our armed forces. and we're going to be asking for 1.5 trillion coming up. We have the money being spent on the best equipment anywhere in the world. (04:48–04:52)

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Asserts that the U.S. invested $1 trillion in its military.

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