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Donald Trump: “China was paying us hundreds of billions of dollars, and so…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 10:07

What's going to happen, who's going to have higher prices is China and all of the countries that have been ripping us off for years. I charged, I was the only president ever. China was paying us hundreds of billions of dollars, and so were other countries. And, you know, if she doesn't like them, they should have gone out and they should have immediately cut the tariffs. But those tariffs are there. (10:07–10:13)

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Asserts that China and other countries paid the U.S. hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs.

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