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Donald Trump: “If I'm asking for loyalty, it might be loyalty to me, but I'm actually standing in for the country.”

On the recordDecember 20, 2017
If I'm asking for loyalty, it might be loyalty to me, but I'm actually standing in for the country.
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Donald Trump
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Trump discusses the concept of loyalty in relation to his role.

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