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Donald Trump: “They used to really rip us off. I don't blame them for that…”

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Published | Video Starts at 07:19

He's 1.5 billion people. He's actually the biggest. India's actually the biggest. Modi's a great leader and we do a lot of business with them, but now we do fair business. They used to really rip us off. I don't blame them for that. You know, we had stupid politicians but that allowed that to happen. But now we do a Lot of business. They're not that happy about it because they used to do a lot better. But Modi's great. President Xi is great. Classics. (07:19–07:26)

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Asserts that India used to take advantage of the U.S. in business due to poor political leadership.

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