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Donald Trump: “When I left the stock market was higher than it was previous…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 02:16

But sometimes you get hit with things. Nothing you can do. You get hit with things like that unexpectedly. And we got through it. And When I left the stock market was higher than it was previous to the COVID coming up. And that was, I called it a great achievement. But things happen, bad things happen. The things that we can stop are wars. If we're smart that we can stop. (02:16–02:25)

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Asserts that the stock market was higher when he left office than before the COVID-19 pandemic.

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