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Donald Trump: “When I was president, the number that you're talking about…”

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And you know, one other thing, our country has to remain very liquid because problems, catastrophes, wars could be anything. We have to remain liquid. We can't give Everything away based on a number. Here's an example. When I was president, the number that you're talking about was a tiny fraction of what it is now. Biden went totally crazy. Gave it to anybody that would ask, gave it to people that were able bodied, had no problem, anybody that would ask. (02:12–02:18)

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Asserts that the number of people receiving benefits was much lower during his presidency compared to now.

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