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Donald Trump: “We had a trade deficit of hundreds of billions of dollars…”

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

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Meet the Press Interview with President Donald Trump on Economy, Immigration, and Foreign Policy

Published | Video Starts at 07:28

I don't think a beautiful baby girl needs, that's 11 years old, needs to have 30 dolls. I think they can have three dolls or four dolls. Because what we were doing with China was just unbelievable. We had a trade deficit of hundreds of billions of dollars with China. When you say they could have $3 instead of $30, are you saying Americans could see empty store shelves? No, I'm, No, I'm not saying that. (07:28–07:33)

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Asserts that the U.S. had a trade deficit of hundreds of billions of dollars with China.

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