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Donald Trump: “They were selling 9 million cars here. But they wouldn't…”

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

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President Trump Makes an Announcement, Nov. 6, 2025

Published | Video Starts at 27:35

Other countries used to laugh at us. They would charge us, Japan was charging us massive tariffs and yet they wouldn't allow our cars to be sold in Japan. But They were selling 9 million cars here. But they wouldn't allow one car, not one car was sold in Japan. They don't laugh at us anymore. This is really a matter of, this is national security. And by the way, going bankrupt is national security. (27:35–27:41)

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Asserts that Japan sold 9 million cars in the U.S. but did not allow any U.S. cars to be sold in Japan.

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