I want to get out. I want to bring our troops back home. I want to start rebuilding our nation. We will have, as of three months ago, $7 trillion in the Middle East over the last 17 years. We get nothing, nothing out of it. Nothing.
Donald Trump: “I want to get out. I want to bring our troops back home. I want to start rebuilding our nation. We will have, as of…”
On the recordApril 3, 2018
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Trump expresses his desire to withdraw troops from the Middle East and highlights the financial cost of U.S. involvement.
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