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Image\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/figure>\nMr Trump continued that he “took a lot of heat on Sweden”, referring to his erroneous claim that an attack had recently happened there.<\/p>\n
He told the crowd: “I love Sweden… but the people over there understand I’m right.”<\/p>\n
The president then referred to terrorist attacks in France before telling an anecdote about a friend who used to love travelling to Paris every year, but has stopped because “Paris is no longer Paris”.<\/p>\n
One of the loudest rounds of applause came when he emphasised his ‘America First’ outlook.<\/p>\n
“Global co-operation, dealing with other countries, getting along with other countries is good,” he said. “It’s very important.<\/p>\n
“But there’s no such thing as a global anthem, a global currency or a global flag.<\/p>\n
“This is the United States of America that I’m representing. I’m not representing the globe; I’m representing your country.”<\/p>\n
Mr Trump is the first president to address the group during his first year in office since Ronald Reagan in 1981, according to American Conservative Union chairman Matt Schlapp.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
US President Donald Trump has vowed to start building a wall on the Mexican border “soon, way ahead of schedule”, in a speech at a conservative event. Addressing the Conservative Political Action Congress (CPAC), he vowed to always put American citizens first and build a “great, great border wall”. He also promised to focus on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107],"tags":[4394,264,3],"yoast_head":"\n