Trump begins his criticism of Minnesota's Ilhan Omar, whose name comes out of his mouth something like "Ilyeean."
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Trump calls up the head of the Minneapolis police union, who he says he saw praising him on Fox and Friends, and other officers wearing Cops for Trump shirts.
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Trump is criticizing the government for allowing large numbers of Somali refugees to come to Minnesota. He promises local governments a greater say in who gets to live there, then boasts of reducing refugee resettlement by 85%.
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Trump says he won't make the immigration mistakes he says European countries made, so will not allow "a violent ideology to take root in our country, on our shores." He doesn't name the ideology, but then touts his (Muslim-focused) travel ban.
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Trump claims he's building the wall "faster than anyone ever anticipated it could be built." Zero new miles had been erected as of September 30 where barriers hadn't been existed before; there were about 70 miles of replacement barriers.
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Trump is telling his multi-sir story about his trip to Iraq and how generals there told him ISIS could be defeated rapidly if only soldiers were actually allowed to fight, and he let them fight, and "we won very quickly." He's stopped mentioning Raisin Caine in particular.
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Trump: Turkey's campaign is "very tough," and "we get along with the Kurds," but don't forget "they're also fighting for their land."
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Trump is now talking about letters he signs to the families of soldiers who are killed. "Dear Mr. and Mrs. Smith from Arkansas. Dear Mr. and Mrs. Jones from Alabama. Dear Mr. and Mrs...somebody from some great state. I'm sorry to inform you your son has been killed in combat."
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Trump complains of "blue on green" killings where local soldiers the US is training turn around and kill American soldiers. He says he knows each and every one of these incidents. (It's usually known as "green on blue.")
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Trump is now talking again about Dover Air Force Base ceremonies for deceased soldiers, and how the plane flies in, this "big, incredible machine...so powerful, so big," and parents seem to him like they're doing "absolutely fine" but then "scream and cry" when the coffin comes.
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Trump uses his account of devastating ceremonies at Dover Air Force Base to argue that it's time to bring soldiers home. He wrongly says again that the Syria mission was initially supposed to last "30 days."
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Trump is telling the story of the wounded soldier he met whose nose was shattered in war. This time, he says the soldier told him of the military surgeon, "He rebuilt my nose with glue. He glued the bones together."
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Trump falsely says "most" captured ISIS fighters "came from Europe." The military says about 8,000 of about 10,000 detainees are Iraqi and Syrian nationals. Trump himself has previously put the European number at 800.
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Trump says US wars in the Middle East "produced only chaos and bloodshed," and all the US "blood and treasure" have only made the region "less safe, less stable, and less secure."
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Trump says previous admins put "historic Christian communities in vastly more danger than they were before we started. They are some of the biggest victims of these power vacuums and restless foreign adventures." He doesn't talk about Christians affected by his Syria decision.
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Trump repeats his ridiculous Sir story about a general telling him "sir, we have no ammunition." There was a perceived shortage of certain bombs, but there was never "no ammunition." My fact check: https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/09/politics/trump-munitions-shortage-fact-check/index.html …
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