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On the recordSeptember 8, 2021
whatever you want to call it, trolling to injury, also made the outlandish claim that he thinks Lee would have won the war in Afghanistan, lamenting, 'if only we had Lee a command our troops.'
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Donald Trump
Republican · Florida
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msnbc.com

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Trump makes a controversial statement regarding Robert E. Lee's potential military leadership in Afghanistan.

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