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Donald Trump: “You need double the electric of what we have right now, and…”

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Donald Trump and David McCormick Announce Historic $90 Billion Investment in Pennsylvania's Energy and AI Sectors

Published | Video Starts at 13:26

Because I was told, we'll need from David, the first one. You're the first one that told me. That's why I hired him, because they said. He told me something I didn't know. He said, You need double the electric of what we have right now, and maybe even more than that. Remember that? And I said, what, are you kidding? And that's double the electric that we have. Take everything we have and double it. And actually, the number that was even low. (13:26–13:31)

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