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Donald Trump: “I made it great with a much lower tax rate. So I took it…”

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

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Joe Rogan Experience #2219 - Donald Trump

Published | Video Starts at 47:24

And did you think it was going to increase the deficit by a substantial amount? Okay. We were ready to rock. It was all, you know, I had a bad system. We had horrible tax policy. I made it great with a much lower tax rate. So I took it from almost 40% down to 21%. Now I'm bringing it from 21 down to 15, but only if you make your product in the United States, which is great. People call me. They said, what a great idea. (47:24–47:32)

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Asserts that he reduced the corporate tax rate from nearly 40% to 21%.

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