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Donald Trump: “This should have been done by all the presidents that preceded me and they all know it. Some of them have told me that…”

On the recordJanuary 7, 2019
This should have been done by all the presidents that preceded me and they all know it. Some of them have told me that we should have done it.
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Donald Trump
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Donald Trump claims that previous presidents support the idea of building a wall.

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