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Donald Trump: “We lost 50% of our car business.”

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

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There are numerous other ways you can go. And frankly, this should have been done by presidents many years ago. They allowed our country to be eaten Alive. We lost 50% of our car business. Make. We used to make cars. We made all the cars. And then Mexico Came Canada, came Japan and Germany. But they're all coming back now. They're all coming back at record levels. (22:51–22:55)

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Asserts that the U.S. lost 50% of its car manufacturing industry.

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