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Donald Trump: “We're not knocking out the oil because they don't want to create environmental pollution up in the air. I mean, these…”

On the recordMarch 10, 2016
We're not knocking out the oil because they don't want to create environmental pollution up in the air. I mean, these are things that nobody believes. They think we're kidding; they didn't want to knock out the oil because of what it's going to do to the carbon footprint.
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Donald Trump
Republican · Florida

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Donald Trump criticizes the White House's reasoning for not attacking ISIS' oil assets, suggesting it is based on environmental concerns.

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