And I blame presidents for it because they're ultimately the leader we were being ripped off by. Almost every single country in the world had massive, some massive surpluses. China had hundreds of billions of dollars in surpluses with the United States. They rebuilt China. They rebuilt the army. We built China's army. By allowing that to happen. I have a great relationship with President Xi, but he respects our country. Now. (24:25–24:30)
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Asserts that China had large trade surpluses with the U.S.
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