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With the “birther” issue over the president’s citizenship put to rest, Donald Trump used a speech Thursday night in Las Vegas to vent about America’s oil dependency, our relationship with the Middle East and dealings with China.! E: ~' M" M/ v5 X
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He blasted President Barack Obama and Congress for making bad deals with China then rewarding the country’s president with a state dinner. . b3 t% \" k+ Y7 L! ~" s! ]9 f" |- w4 @) {' H" t4 `
“When people are screwing you, you don’t give them state dinners,” Trump said. He suggested McDonald’s instead.* a3 r* `" Y4 T% i6 F- g3 G; c0 q
& L. j: W+ `/ u2 w! ?9 U9 ` % n& u+ [- a* X7 c% R . {) u7 p. X; d- ~* N9 gDonald Trump speaks to a group of Republican organizations at the Treasure Island Thursday, April 28, 2011.