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Donald Trump: “We lost so many [countries in South America]. And one of…”

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

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President Trump Participates in a Bilateral Lunch with the President of the Argentine Republic

Published | Video Starts at 48:32

So we would not be generous with Argentina if that happened. If he loses, we are not going to be generous with Argentina. … We lost so many [countries in South America]. And one of them was Argentina would be lost if he wasn't there. … they send them in by the thousands, literally. And these are the worst of all. And they emptied their prisons into the United States, they emptied their mental institutions into the United States. (48:32)

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Asserts that Argentina would have been lost to U.S. influence if not for a specific leader.

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