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Donald Trump: “Tariffs are going to help US pay off $35 trillion in debt.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 09:27

And you don't include that in your equation. No, they make a lot of money. I'll go a step further. Tariffs are going to make our country rich. Tariffs are going to help US pay off $35 trillion in debt. Tariffs are going to make our country safe because China, as an example, doesn't want to play games with us. If we're going to do tariffs on them, they don't want to play games. (09:27–09:33)

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Asserts that tariffs will help the U.S. pay off $35 trillion in debt.

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