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Donald Trump: “One year ago, our country was a dead country.”

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

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Donald Trump Discusses Texas Visit, Brazilian Tariffs, and Criticizes Jerome Powell

Published | Video Starts at 03:34

We should be number one and we're not. And that's because of Jerome Power. In terms of interest, we are number one in the world. Look, I'll tell you a little simple language. One year ago, our country was a dead country. We were going nowhere except down. We were the laughingstock all over the world and now we're the hottest country anywhere in the world. We're number one everywhere. (03:34–03:39)

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Asserts that the U.S. was in a poor state one year ago.

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