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Donald Trump: “Foreign nations now own $26 trillion more of American assets…”

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 17:38

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 [citizens] own of their own foreign assets. or other foreign assets. The United States can no longer produce enough antibiotics to treat Our sick. We have a tremendous problem. We have to go to foreign countries to treat our sick. (17:38–17:47)

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Asserts that foreign nations own $26 trillion more in American assets than Americans own in foreign assets.

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