Trump During Debate: ‘You Can’t Close Up Our Nation or You Won’t Have a Nation’

Trump During Debate: ‘You Can’t Close Up Our Nation or You Won’t Have a Nation’
President Donald Trump participates in the final presidential debate against Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., on Oct. 22, 2020. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
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President Donald Trump said that he does not want to shut down the country over the CCP virus pandemic, arguing, “You can’t close up our nation or you won’t have a nation.”

“We have to open our country. We’re not going to have a country,” Trump said during the second and final presidential debate in Nashville on Thursday night, saying that the United States is a “massive country” with rising rates of depression, suicide, drugs, alcohol, and tremendous drug abuse.

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter who covers a range of topics, including politics, U.S., and health news. A father of two, Jack grew up in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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