The second reason is the tariffs we're charging. Countries that were really hurting us badly were really decimating us. Hence We have 38 trillion in debt which will start paying off pretty soon with the tariff money coming in. But countries that were really decimating us used tariffs against us. Now we're using tariffs. All we want is fair. All we want is national security. It's given us great national security. (03:02–03:08)
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