I think we're going to be 21 or 22 trillion by the time I finish my first year. And there's never in history. There's never been anything like that for any country, not even close. And Part of that is the national security, you know, given to us by the tariffs. Properly used. Tariffs, very properly used. And other countries, as you know, have used them against us, but we never chose to use them very much. And we should have. We should have. (04:44–04:49)
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