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Donald Trump: “We're not national building again. We are killing terrorist.”

On the recordAugust 20, 2017
We're not national building again. We are killing terrorist.
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Donald Trump
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

President Trump clarifies that the U.S. military's focus will not be on nation-building but on combating terrorism.

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