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Donald Trump: “We have a $40 billion deficit with Switzerland.”

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Published | Video Starts at 06:55

Can I ask you a construction question? Switzerland. That was the soft tariff rate in Switzerland. It was pretty higher than other European. Well, the problem with Switzerland, We have a $40 billion deficit with Switzerland. And I spoke yesterday to Switzerland, but we have a $40 billion deficit with Switzerland. That's a big deficit. Question on the construction. Can I ask you a question on the construction? (06:55–06:59)

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Asserts that the U.S. has a $40 billion trade deficit with Switzerland.

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