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Donald Trump: “I just gave $12 billion to our farmers because they were…”

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

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Extended interview: Tom Llamas exclusive with President Trump

Published | Video Starts at 16:57

And by the way, they've been doing it to us for 40 years and now. But I'm doing it very judiciously, very fairly. But tariffs are bringing in tremendous amounts of money. I just gave $12 billion to our farmers because they were mistreated by certain countries. Tariff money. We're taking in hundreds of billions. And I want to ask you about that. I want to get into that. Talking about the economy. You've brought a lot of prices down. (16:57–17:03)

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Asserts that $12 billion was given to U.S. farmers due to mistreatment by other countries.

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