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Donald Trump: “We lost 54% of our car industry to Canada, Mexico, Germany…”

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

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President Trump Participates in a Small Business Summit

Published | Video Starts at 35:27

When you see the final numbers, you're not going to even believe what you are seeing because there's never been any construction boom of factories like we have right now. We lost our car industry, We lost 54% of our car industry to Canada, Mexico, Germany, Japan, South Korea, other countries, 54% over the years. over a period of probably 30, 35 years. And they're all coming back. They're all coming back. And they're coming back at levels that has never been seen before. (35:27–35:40)

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Asserts that the U.S. lost 54% of its car industry to other countries over several decades.

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