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Donald Trump: “Together with our strong borders, [tariffs] reduced fentanyl…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 05:47

He said yesterday that President Trump could have saved 35 million lives by getting us to stop fighting. They were getting ready to do some bad things, but they've given us great national security. These tariffs have, and Together with our strong borders, [tariffs] reduced fentanyl coming into our country by 30%. when I use them as a penalty against countries illegally sending this poison into our country to poison our youth. All of those tariffs remain. They all remain. (05:47–05:53)

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Asserts that tariffs and strong borders have reduced fentanyl imports by 30%.

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