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Donald Trump: “This was not a some kind of a manufacturing explosion type of event. This was a -- seems to be according to them. They…”

On the recordAugust 3, 2020
This was not a some kind of a manufacturing explosion type of event. This was a -- seems to be according to them. They would know better than I would but they seem to think it was a attack.
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Donald Trump
Republican · Florida

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Donald Trump comments on the explosion in Beirut, suggesting it may have been an attack.

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