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Instagram posts

stated on January 10, 2025 in una publicación en Instagram

“El ejército de Los Estados Unidos se encuentra preparado para entrar a Venezuela a derrocar la dictadura de Nicolás Maduro”.

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stated on December 25, 2024 in a Threads post

After Donald Trump offered to buy Greenland, “Denmark clapped back saying they’d buy the USA, give us free healthcare, and actually make America great again.”

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stated on October 7, 2024 in an interview with Hugh Hewitt

Of Gaza, “I’ve been there.”

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stated on August 1, 2024 in a Truth Social post

In negotiating releases of Americans held abroad, “(I) gave the opposing country NOTHING — and never any cash.”

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stated on July 18, 2024 in a speech in North Carolina

“Today, America has record energy production and we are energy independent.”

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stated on July 9, 2024 in a speech in Washington D.C.

In 2020, “only nine NATO allies were spending 2%” of their GDP on defense. “This year, 23 will spend at least 2%.”

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stated on June 4, 2024 in a speech

“Due to the arrangements that I've reached with (Mexico) President Obrador, the number of migrants coming … to our shared border unlawfully in recent months has dropped dramatically.”

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stated on May 10, 2024 in a Truth Social post

“Biden wants to immediately stop all aid to Israel.”

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stated on April 24, 2024 in an interview with CNN

Said Columbia University has told students, “Well, if you’re Jewish, maybe you do want to stay home.”

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Instagram posts

stated on April 2, 2024 in an Instagram post

“UN Agenda 2030 Mission Goals” include “one world government,” “one world army,” microchipping, “AI courts and end of individual rights.”

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stated on March 23, 2024 in an X post

“It is a fact that Obama created ISIS.”

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Instagram posts

stated on March 14, 2024 in Instagram posts

CNN posted on X that Kenyan President William Ruto called President Joe Biden to organize a “naval invasion of the Haitian coast.”

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stated on December 15, 2023 in a Concord, New Hampshire Town Hall

U.S. tax dollars “have gone to promote transgenderism in Bangladesh.”

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stated on December 2, 2023 in a speech in Iowa

“With the historic Abraham Accords, I even made peace in the Middle East.”

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stated on November 18, 2023 in a post on TikTok

The federal government and the Federal Reserve were “raising inflation,” something that “had nothing to do with … getting our economy back in line” but rather to fund a “war against a bunch of civilians.”

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stated on November 2, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook

"El representante oficial de las fuerzas armadas de Yemen ha declarado oficialmente la guerra a Israel".

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Marianne Williamson

stated on November 7, 2023 in an event at a store in Manchester, N.H.

Looking at “American aid to other countries … the vast majority of it is military aid.”

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Marianne Williamson

stated on November 7, 2023 in an event in Manchester, N.H.

“We sell arms to 60% of the world's autocrats. We are the world's largest arms exporters."

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stated on November 8, 2023 in the third Republican debate in Miami

“In 1992, this country made a promise to Ukraine. We said if you return nuclear missiles that were part of the old Soviet Union to Russia, and they invade you, we will protect you.”

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stated on October 18, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook

Irán izó una bandera negra y “esto significa un llamado” a la guerra o venganza.

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Donald Trump and Joe Biden on Israel and Gaza: Comparing their positions

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By Louis Jacobson ? May 16, 2024

Is Donald Trump’s NATO talk a warning or a negotiating tactic? Here’s what he has said

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Why Donald Trump’s boast that he got ‘delinquent’ NATO allies to ‘pay up’ is misleading

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Can the U.S. keep aid to Gaza out of Hamas’ hands?

Can the U.S. keep aid to Gaza out of Hamas’ hands?

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U.S. aid to Israel: What to know

U.S. aid to Israel: What to know

By Louis Jacobson ? October 18, 2023

The US freed $6 billion in Iranian money. Did it help fund Hamas’ attack on Israel?

The US freed $6 billion in Iranian money. Did it help fund Hamas’ attack on Israel?

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Tracking Vivek Ramaswamy's shifting stances on Trump, Hunter Biden, TikTok and more

Tracking Vivek Ramaswamy's shifting stances on Trump, Hunter Biden, TikTok and more

By Amy Sherman ? September 26, 2023

Cluster munitions, Ukraine and President Joe Biden: What to know

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By Nuria Diaz Mu?oz ? July 11, 2023

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