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Donald Trump: “We left some of the military [equipment in Afghanistan], but…”

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President Trump Participates in The Forum Club of the Palm Beaches Dinner

Published | Video Starts at 27:46

We were going to get out easily. We would have won. We would have won and then gotten out. We would have gotten out with great pride. But We left some of the military [equipment in Afghanistan], but it was really just a small percentage. You know, it sounds like a lot, and it is a lot, but it was 2% of what we. What we built up. We built a great military. (27:46–27:49)

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Asserts that only a small percentage of military equipment was left in Afghanistan.

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