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Donald Trump: “North Carolina lost over 300,000 manufacturing jobs…”

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

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LIVE_ President Trump in Greenville, NC

Published | Video Starts at 12:33

We needed more than they do. They're a developing nation, so they got all these benefits that we weren't entitled to because stupid people were negotiating for us. North Carolina lost over 300,000 manufacturing jobs, including those skilled people with the furniture. I used to watch them carve out a handle. How would you like it, sir? Would you like it this way? Watch. Ding, ding, ding, ding. He gives me the most beautiful. (12:33–12:42)

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