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Watch Replay: President Trump Speaks At NABTU Conference, CEO Town Hall
The president delivered remarks at the 2017 North America's Building Trades Unions National Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON, DC — President Trump delivered public remarks Tuesday at two different events. In the morning, Trump spoke at the CEO Town Hall, discussing the business climate.
In the afternoon, he spoke at the the 2017 North America’s Building Trades Unions National Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. (For more information on this and other political stories, subscribe to the White House Patch for daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)
Trump reiterated his pledge to put "America first," saying, "I don't want to be president of the world." He said that he told the executives building the Keystone XL pipeline that they needed to use American steel, even though they already bought most of the steel from foreign sources.
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He also boasted about his electoral college victory.
Watch a replay of the NABTU speech:
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"We’re going to be doing things that will be very good for the banking industry," Trump said at the town hall, which he said would help put more liquidity back in the country and get people back to work.
"We are doing a major haircut on Dodd-Frank," he added, referring to the major financial regulations passed under President Obama in response to the financial crisis. PolitiFact later posted a useful fact-check of his claims in the remarks.
Watch a replay of the CEO Town Hall below. Trump's remarks begin around the 1:49:45 mark.
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