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Donald Trump: “They found $31 billion. They said, sir, we found 31. I said…”

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

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So we're going to make sure that our farmers are in great shape because were taking in a lot of money. We're finding the other day it was very interesting. They found $31 billion. They said, sir, we found 31. I said, you mean positively right? They said, yeah, 31 million more than we knew. And they said, we don't know where it came from. I said, check the tariff shelf. They came back the following morning. They said, you're right, sir, it came from the tariffs. (20:43–20:52)

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Asserts that $31 billion was found unexpectedly, attributed to tariffs.

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