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<v Speaker 1>This is the seventy seven w ABC Mini cast. Mister President,

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<v Speaker 1>Hello Michael, Michael.

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<v Speaker 2>How you doing, sir?

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome? Welcome, country is doing good?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, thanks thanks to you, sir. So I want to

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<v Speaker 2>go back to twenty sixteen if we can, because you

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<v Speaker 2>and I have obviously traveled the pretty rocky road together.

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<v Speaker 2>You remember, do you remember, sir, when I went on

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<v Speaker 2>CNN with Brianna Keeler and she told me that you

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<v Speaker 2>were underwater in the polls and I responded with those

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<v Speaker 2>famous two words, says who, which became some worldwide meme

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<v Speaker 2>and advocate.

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<v Speaker 1>And then they weaponized you like nobody's ever been weaponized,

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<v Speaker 1>like few have been.

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<v Speaker 2>Well maybe just you and I, sir.

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<v Speaker 1>You yeah, me too, but I don't consider mine, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>mine was. Mine was at the level that nobody's ever

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<v Speaker 1>seen before. But they weaponized you. They weaponized a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of people. And I respect the fact that you recanted

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<v Speaker 1>everything you said, and that's a big that's a big

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<v Speaker 1>thing that you did. That's a very big thing.

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<v Speaker 2>So you may remember, you may remember that following morning

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<v Speaker 2>you called me into the office after and then you

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<v Speaker 2>gave me one of those traditional Trump slaps on the shoulder.

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<v Speaker 2>And he said to me, f them, You're stronger than them.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got this now. The funny thing is that CNN

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<v Speaker 2>never apologized, they never retracted anything. And now years later, CNN,

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<v Speaker 2>MS Now and the other left leaning outlets they're doing

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<v Speaker 2>the exact same thing, constantly talking about you being underwater

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<v Speaker 2>with favorability numbers. Mister President, what do you say to

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<v Speaker 2>these people who keep bringing up polls when you're not

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<v Speaker 2>even running for office? Again, what's the point?

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<v Speaker 1>And I think that we're doing really well in the polls,

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<v Speaker 1>the real polls. If I were running today, I think

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<v Speaker 1>I'd win by twenty five points. I think we'd win

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<v Speaker 1>by a lot. The economy has never been stronger. We're

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<v Speaker 1>doing numbers that nobody's ever seen before. You take a

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<v Speaker 1>look at what's going on with Venezuela. It was a

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<v Speaker 1>one day deal. It was actually a forty eight minute deal.

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<v Speaker 1>It was an attack where we took a truly bad

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<v Speaker 1>person out of the country, including the wife, out of

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<v Speaker 1>the country and now standing trial. This was a very

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<v Speaker 1>evil man and the country. We are involved very much

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<v Speaker 1>with the country, taking out millions and millions of barrels

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<v Speaker 1>of oil, and that goes right into our Treasury. We've done.

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<v Speaker 1>The Venezuela was amazing, and now with Iran, they will

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<v Speaker 1>never have a nuclear weapon. We were controlling, essentially controlling

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<v Speaker 1>and soon controlling the Straits. We're doing very well with

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<v Speaker 1>the RAND. The press doesn't like to say that, although

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of the press does say it. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>because the Navy's gone, the Air force is gone, the

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<v Speaker 1>leadership is gone. Part of the problem is so many

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<v Speaker 1>of the leaders are gone, it's not easy to make

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<v Speaker 1>a deal. Nobody knows who's leading. But I think the

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<v Speaker 1>public sees what we're doing because Iran can never have

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<v Speaker 1>a new clear weapon, very simple, and I think the

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<v Speaker 1>public sees it, and I think they appreciate it and

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<v Speaker 1>they respect it. And I tell them they'll be a

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<v Speaker 1>little higher for your energy costs, but they'll be a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit higher for gasoline. You know. I had it

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<v Speaker 1>down to a dollar eighty five cents a barrel, and

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<v Speaker 1>then I said, but we have to make a journey

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<v Speaker 1>to the Middle East because we can't let a rent

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<v Speaker 1>have a nuclear weapon. And that's what happened. And we've

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<v Speaker 1>been very effective. We've wiped them out, militarily wiped out.

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<v Speaker 1>Now they have some missiles they have some drones. Their

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<v Speaker 1>capacity to build them is very low right now compared

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<v Speaker 1>to what it was five months ago. It was five

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<v Speaker 1>months ago they were knocking them out. Now it's very

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<v Speaker 1>hard for them to knock out anything. They're in bad shape.

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<v Speaker 1>They have inflation that's three hundred percent. Their currency is valueless,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, it's virtually valuables. The military is not being paid,

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<v Speaker 1>so they're in bad shape. But the key that the

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<v Speaker 1>reason I did it, and we had no choice, and

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<v Speaker 1>I would have done it again one hundred times. They

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<v Speaker 1>cannot have a nuclear weapon and they won't be having

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<v Speaker 1>a nuclear weapon, And why.

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<v Speaker 2>Not just then turn around and tell the American people,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, the one thing that you may feel some

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<v Speaker 2>frustration going on right now economically the price of gas

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<v Speaker 2>and so on, But why not just turn around and

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<v Speaker 2>say to the American people, you know what you get

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<v Speaker 2>to do. You get to go to sleep at night

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<v Speaker 2>with knowledge that there will be no intercontinental ballistic nuclear

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<v Speaker 2>missile being fired towards the United States, because if they

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<v Speaker 2>had it with their theocracy, sir, you know exactly what

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<v Speaker 2>they would be doing right now.

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<v Speaker 1>So I do tell that the press doesn't get it out,

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<v Speaker 1>and I say it often. I said it the other

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<v Speaker 1>day at a big rally I had with the police

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<v Speaker 1>out on I saw it Long Island. And we have

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<v Speaker 1>these unbelievable rallies or rallies are potentially bigger than ever.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, if we did rallies as an example, if

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<v Speaker 1>we did rallies now, nobody ever had rallies like this,

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<v Speaker 1>their potential, I think they're bigger than ever. There's a

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<v Speaker 1>great spirit for what's going on, especially at of what's

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<v Speaker 1>happening with all these crazy theories and policies and lunatics

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<v Speaker 1>that are running. They have lunatics. They would destroy the country,

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<v Speaker 1>and they're being put in the Democrat Party. I think

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<v Speaker 1>they'll be wiped out in the election because the people

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<v Speaker 1>are too smart to allow that to happen. It's never

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<v Speaker 1>worked in a thousand years. That stuff has never worked

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<v Speaker 1>and it's not going to work now. But they're not

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<v Speaker 1>even smart people, you know, you watch some of them.

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<v Speaker 1>Half of them can't even speak properly. So I think

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<v Speaker 1>we're doing very well. We are letting people know about that.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll letting people know that. You know, it's wonderful to

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<v Speaker 1>say everything's good, but you can't if you had a

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<v Speaker 1>country like that, and they're crazy. If you had a

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<v Speaker 1>country like that, they would absolutely use the nuclear weapon

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<v Speaker 1>without question. And so I stopped that, and I stopped

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<v Speaker 1>at cod with a B two bombers. I also stopped

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<v Speaker 1>at the JCPOA that was the Obama deal. There was

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<v Speaker 1>such a disaster that he made years ago. Had that deal,

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<v Speaker 1>had I not terminated that deal, a rand would have

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<v Speaker 1>a nuclear weapon and they would have used it very quickly.

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<v Speaker 1>They would have wiped out Israel. They would have wiped

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<v Speaker 1>out the Middle East. And you saw that because when

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<v Speaker 1>this thing started, surprisingly to everybody, they started shooting missiles

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<v Speaker 1>at sort of semi neutral country. They were going after

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<v Speaker 1>the Saudi Arabia guitar, they were going after UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain,

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<v Speaker 1>and nobody really knew they were so involved, and they

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<v Speaker 1>started hitting everybody. If they had a nuclear weapon, they

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<v Speaker 1>would have used it on everybody. And look, there would

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<v Speaker 1>be no Israel if there was not a Donald Trump president.

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<v Speaker 2>I think there'd be no Saudi Arabia either.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, I believe the Middle East would have been

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<v Speaker 1>entirely wiped out. But Israel definitely would have been wiped out.

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<v Speaker 1>There's no question there would be They tell me that

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<v Speaker 1>there would be no Israel if there was no Donald Trump.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what surprised me was, how did they end

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<v Speaker 2>up with a thousand pounds of sixty percent enriched uranium

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<v Speaker 2>when allegedly, whether it was under Biden, whether it's under Obama,

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<v Speaker 2>whether it was on every president by how did they

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<v Speaker 2>end up with literally one thousand pounds of nuclear grade,

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<v Speaker 2>well as soon to be made nuclear grade enriched uranium.

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<v Speaker 1>So when we hit them with the B two bombers,

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<v Speaker 1>which was an amazing attack, amazing deep into the night

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<v Speaker 1>with no moon, with no light, no nothing, and every

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<v Speaker 1>bomb hit its mark and wiped their whole nuclear thing

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<v Speaker 1>out and it was in fact obliterated. But when we

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<v Speaker 1>did that, people had no idea what to expect, no idea.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, you're going in there, You're going into a

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<v Speaker 1>very very dangerous place where these incredible machines and the

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<v Speaker 1>job they did, the job those machines and those pilots

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<v Speaker 1>did was really amazing. But Obama allowed that to happen.

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<v Speaker 1>Biden allowed that to happen. Other presidents allowed that to happen.

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<v Speaker 1>This should have been done. This has been going on

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<v Speaker 1>for fifty years, and this should have been you know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's been forty seven, but we talk about it for

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<v Speaker 1>three or four years. It's actually the number is fifty

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<v Speaker 1>one years, but we say forty seven because that seems

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<v Speaker 1>to be the standard number that everyone uses. But this

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<v Speaker 1>was going on for fifty actually fifty one years now,

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<v Speaker 1>and it should have been taken care of by other

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<v Speaker 1>presidents or other countries, and it wasn't. And Iran became

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<v Speaker 1>the bully of the Middle East. They were bullying everybody around.

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<v Speaker 1>They were the boss, and bad things were happening, and

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<v Speaker 1>they would have absolutely taken out Israel and they would

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<v Speaker 1>have absolutely taken out the Middle East. I guess they

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<v Speaker 1>would have shot at us too. But had they had

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<v Speaker 1>nuclear weapons, if they had that capacity, it would have

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<v Speaker 1>been different. Now, when we hit them with the B

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<v Speaker 1>two bombers, they were exactly two weeks away from having

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<v Speaker 1>a new nuclear weapon. And that's why I had to

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<v Speaker 1>do it, because you cannot let them have that kind

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<v Speaker 1>of a weapon.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, mister President, that's that's a time period

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<v Speaker 2>that most people are completely unaware of that it was

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<v Speaker 2>the imminence was there.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, they knew it, but they forget it. You know.

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<v Speaker 1>The one thing in politics, like the border. When I

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<v Speaker 1>came in the border, they were allowed twenty five million people,

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<v Speaker 1>many of them criminals, many of them murderers, many of

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<v Speaker 1>them people from mental institutions, drug dealers. They were pouring

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<v Speaker 1>into our country totally unchecked and unvetted. I solved the

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<v Speaker 1>problem in thirty days, and solved it beautifully in sixty

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<v Speaker 1>and at the end of ninety days, nobody comes in.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, we have now as you know, because they

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<v Speaker 1>issue reports and they're not issued by me. In the

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<v Speaker 1>last sixteen months, zero people came in through our are horrible.

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<v Speaker 1>What was horrible southern border where it was just an

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<v Speaker 1>open sieve, It was an open wound, and zero people

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<v Speaker 1>came in. So what happens, though, is people forgot about that.

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<v Speaker 1>They forgot we had a border problem we had. I

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<v Speaker 1>got elected partially on the border. Yeah, by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>that happened two times. When I ran in twenty sixteen,

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<v Speaker 1>I got elected on the border. Was bad, but it

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<v Speaker 1>was never bad like this. This was crazy where Kamala

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<v Speaker 1>was the border's are and she never spoke to the

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<v Speaker 1>border pat well, she never went there. She was the border.

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<v Speaker 1>She knew less about the border than a child would know.

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<v Speaker 1>So I solved the border problem and nobody even talks

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<v Speaker 1>about it. I did things that, you know, because in politics,

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<v Speaker 1>I've found it's got a two week week life. A

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<v Speaker 1>victory has a two week life. You solve a problem

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<v Speaker 1>that was, according to most insolvable, and I did it

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<v Speaker 1>literally in thirty days. But I solved the problem early on,

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<v Speaker 1>and beautifully we have a great border right now. I

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<v Speaker 1>mean people come into a country, but they have to

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<v Speaker 1>come in legally, and they do come in legally.