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Donald Trump: “I placed 50% tariffs on foreign copper, aluminum and steel.”

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

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Full Trump rally speech in PA: Iran war, economy and more addressed at Lehigh Valley event

Published | Video Starts at 04:48

And now I'm standing up again because Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon, if that's okay. And. And we're doing quite well. I placed 50% tariffs on foreign copper, aluminum and steel. so they couldn't come in and steal your jobs. And sometimes even more than 100% tariffs. They weren't going to come in from foreign lands and steal your jobs if they wanted to come in. (04:48–04:53)

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