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Donald Trump: “We have a deficit with [Germany] of over $300 billion.”

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

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Donald Trump holds news conference at Mar-a-Lago

Published | Video Starts at 42:27

Why? I don't believe you have any. I said, you're right about that, Angela. Well, we're going to change it, but we. They don't take our product. We have a deficit with [Germany] of over $300 billion. Think of that. And people think of them as friendly, but they're very tough and very, very fair. I mean, look, they united in order to take advantage of the United States. (42:27–42:31)

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Asserts that the U.S. has a trade deficit with Germany exceeding $300 billion.

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