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Donald Trump: “At this moment, $800 billion is being spent on building pharmaceutical plants.”

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Trump Claims U.S. Will Be 'Totally Self-Sufficient Very Shortly' In Pharmaceutical Production

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You want to sell to the American consumer, you're going to have to build your product and make your product in America. And they're all building Pfizer, Lilly, Merck. And they're investing. They already, they're all building. And At this moment, $800 billion is being spent on building pharmaceutical plants. We learned that during COVID We didn't make anything. China made it, Ireland make it, the UK made. Everything was being made outside. (02:23–02:30)

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Asserts that there is currently $800 billion being invested in pharmaceutical plant construction.

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