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Donald Trump: “If you took it [interest rate] down three points...you would…”

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

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Donald Trump and Tim Scott Discuss Interest Rates and Construction Projects

Published | Video Starts at 05:40

No. But without us, everything collapses. We should have the lowest interest rate. And if you took it down three points, not a little bit, but three points. If you took it [interest rate] down three points...you would save a trillion dollars a year. paper transfer. You wouldn't be cutting costs of anything, you wouldn't be building anything. Just a move of the hand saying we're going to lower interest rates. (05:40–06:08)

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Asserts that reducing interest rates by three percentage points would save the U.S. a trillion dollars annually.

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