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Kirsten Gillibrand: “He's engaging in foreign incursions that could be a…”

Featuring: Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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U.S. Senator Gillibrand says Trump Administration has no plan for peace and stability in Venezuela

Published | Video Starts at 07:02

Well, he promised to get the cost of groceries down. He promised to get the cost of housing down. He promised to get the cost of living down for Americans. And he's not doing that. He's engaging in foreign incursions that could be a declaration of war about things that we aren't sure, whether it's about drugs or oil or regime change or democracy building. And so for a president who said he wasn't going engage in forever wars, for a president who said he didn't believe our business was invading other countries, and for a president who promised to focus on the US Economy, he's failing. (07:02–07:16)

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Asserts that [President Trump] is engaging in foreign incursions that could be considered a declaration of war.

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