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Donald Trump: “Don't forget, they've been here for eight years before me. If they did a good job, I would have never run. I didn't need…”

On the recordOctober 23, 2020
Don't forget, they've been here for eight years before me. If they did a good job, I would have never run. I didn't need this. I didn't need this. Although we're having a good time and we're doing a good job. No, but it's so, if they did a good job I wouldn't have run.
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Donald Trump
Republican · Florida
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msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Trump reflects on his decision to run for president, suggesting that he only entered the race because he believed previous administrations did not do a good job.

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