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Donald Trump: “If a country wants to leave us, and they want to not just…”

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

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Donald Trump campaigning in Juneau, Wisconsin

Published | Video Starts at 1:46:33

We have to cherish it and take care of it. But it's very important. It would be like losing a war. If a country wants to leave us, and they want to not just consider us the world's currency... I'm going to charge you a 200% tariff on all the business you do in the United States of America. And it goes into effect today. And they will look at me and they will say, sir, we have decided to stay in the reserve currency. Sir, thank you very much. (1:46:33–1:47:03)

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Asserts a 200% tariff on countries leaving the US dollar as the reserve currency.

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