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Donald Trump: “I can't help it if somebody goes in with a knife and starts hacking it up.”

On the recordJune 23, 2026
I can't help it if somebody goes in with a knife and starts hacking it up.
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Donald Trump
Republican · Florida

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Trump comments on the damage to the Reflecting Pool.

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