Donald Trump: “We can use that [money from tariffs] for Medicare, Medicaid…”

“And remember, other nations do that to us. And Charlie understood that. He saw the money. He saw what was coming into our country. And We can use that [money from tariffs] for Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, all of these things that we fight so hard for. And that's exactly what's happening. The numbers are incredible. When the news finally came out on election night last November that the race was officially won came out pretty early in the night.” (26:46–26:54)

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