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Donald Trump: “I lost a point and a half. I would have been at a 7 GDP…”

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Published | Video Starts at 04:50

5.6%. You know, we have a GDP of 5.6 despite a shutdown. We had a 42 day shutdown. I call it the Democrat shutdown. And because of that, I lost a point and a half. I would have been at a 7 GDP, which hasn't been seen, I don't know, ever. Maybe. Maybe ever. Yeah. And I think 26 is even going to be better. You know, we have hundreds of billions of dollars pouring into our country. Actually, trillions. (04:50–04:57)

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Asserts that GDP could have been 7% if not for the shutdown, a rate possibly never seen before.

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