If I didn't turn that, terminate that. United Auto Workers. You would have had no jobs in this country. You would have had no jobs. It was all going to other countries. In my first term. They said tariffs would crash the economy. Instead, we built the greatest economy in the history of the world. And again, I have great respect for President Xi of China, great respect for China, but they were taking tremendous advantage of them, of us, and I commend them for that. (34:10–34:19)
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Asserts that tariffs did not crash the economy but led to unprecedented economic growth.
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