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Donald Trump: “Inflation was at 1.7%.”

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

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President Trump speaks before departing for China

Published | Video Starts at 03:31

Are your policies not working? My policies are working. Incredibly, if you go back to just before the war, for the last three months, Inflation was at 1.7%. Now, we had a choice. Let these lunatics have a nuclear weapon. If you want to do that, then you're a stupid person. And you happen to be, I mean, I know you very well. (03:31–03:34)

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Asserts that inflation was at 1.7% before the war.

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