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Donald Trump: “We were getting out too. You know, I was the one that got it…”

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

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Donald Trump delivers speech at rally in Texas

Published | Video Starts at 58:50

Billion, billion, not million. 85 billion is a lot, right? 85 million is a lot. We did 85 billion, gave it to him. New planes, new everything. And We were getting out too. You know, I was the one that got it down to 2,500 [troops in Afghanistan]. But we're going to keep Bagram, the air base, which is one of the biggest in the world, cost us billions of dollars many years ago. (58:50–58:54)

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Asserts that he reduced U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan to 2,500.

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