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Donald Trump: “We got a $550 billion signing bonus for the country.”

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President Trump Unveils AI Action Plan and Trade Deals at Washington D.C. Forum

Published | Video Starts at 01:37

Like you have signing bonuses, too, I understand. Getting a lot of money. 100 million. That's not bad. But that's not as good as the signing bonus we got. We got a $550 billion signing bonus for the country. We had the tariff at 25%, as you know. We had a tariff at 25%. And this was. These are great people that we negotiated with. (01:37–01:42)

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Asserts that the U.S. received a $550 billion signing bonus from the trade deal with Japan.

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