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Donald Trump: “They just found $31 billion that nobody knew where it came…”

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I told them that was going to happen, but they refused to give us credit for it. Now they're giving us credit because the money is flowing in. They just found $31 billion that nobody knew where it came from. And I said, check the tariff shelf. They said, how did you know that's where it came from? Well, we're taking in a lot. Look, we were abused by tariffs for many years. (14:40–14:45)

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

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