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Donald Trump: “5 million manufacturing jobs were lost while racking up…”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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President Trump's Liberation Day Speech on Economic Independence and Reciprocal Tariffs

Published | Video Starts at 17:27

You wouldn't have enough room. 90,000. I said, is that possible? We had it checked four different times, and it was actually somewhat higher than that. And 5 million manufacturing jobs were lost while racking up trade deficits of $19 trillion. That was the worst trade deal ever made. As a result of these gigantic losses, foreign nations now own $26 trillion more of American assets than American. Think of this. (17:27–17:37)

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