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Donald Trump: “Now we're building more car plants than we ever have in history.”

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

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They're leaving Canada, they're leaving Mexico, they're leaving Japan and Germany, South Korea. We're building car plants. So we didn't build a car plant for 44 years in this country. Now we're building more car plants than we ever have in history. It's all because of my favorite word, my fourth favorite, maybe my fifth, tariff. Without tariffs we wouldn't be doing that. Even though the election was a big runaway, even though the election was great. (18:51–18:55)

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Asserts that the U.S. is currently building more car plants than ever before.

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