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Donald Trump: “Our trade deficit has gone down 78%.”

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

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President Donald Trump participates in the 'Undisputed Champion of Coal' event

Published | Video Starts at 37:37

And I think I'm generally speaking okay. They'd like it to be a little bit later than. But because of tariffs, you saw that we just. It was just announced Our trade deficit has gone down 78%. Now, if you go down 1.2 points, you're like a genius. It's gone down 78%. 78%. Can you believe it? And we have to fight, right? Speaker and we have to fight. (37:37–37:43)

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Asserts that the U.S. trade deficit has decreased by 78%.

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