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Bernie Sanders: “Just yesterday, you had Trump saying very loudly that if the Iraqis want us to leave, the Iraqi government want us to…”

On the recordJanuary 5, 2020
Just yesterday, you had Trump saying very loudly that if the Iraqis want us to leave, the Iraqi government want us to leave, we're going to impose trillions of dollars of sanctions. They're going to have to pay for everything that we spent.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Bernie Sanders criticizes President Trump's contradictory statements about U.S. troop withdrawal and sanctions on Iraq.

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