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Donald Trump
8:49 - 9:07
“Now, I could go in and blow them up right now. The problem with that is you'll never be able to rebuild it. If I blow up the bridges and the power plants, the thing that takes— is the hardest to rebuild are the big bridges. They're Very big bridges there. They're big, mountainous terrain, and they're connected by bridges.”
- Speaker
- Donald Trump
- Timestamp
- 8:49 – 9:07
- Transcript
- White House: President Trump Gaggles with Press Upon Departure from Palm Beach, FL, Nov. 8, 2026
- Community
- Alaska News
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From the transcript
Now, I could go in and blow them up right now. The problem with that is you'll never be able to rebuild it. If I blow up the bridges and the power plants, the thing that takes— is the hardest to rebuild are the big bridges. They're Very big bridges there. They're big, mountainous terrain, and they're connected by bridges.
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