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Donald Trump: “We don't need their cars, we don't need their energy. We…”

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

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Trump holds meeting with NATO leader Mark Rutte

Published | Video Starts at 12:03

But we have. I know many people from Canada that are good friends of mine. But, you know, the United States can't subsidize a country for $200 billion a year. We don't need their cars, we don't need their energy. We don't need their lumber. We don't need anything that they. That they give. We do it because we want to be helpful. But it comes a point when you just can't do that. (12:03–12:08)

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Asserts that the U.S. does not need Canadian cars, energy, or lumber.

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