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Donald Trump: “We lost to China last year $1 trillion.”

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

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Trump reveals ‘one very big power’ the US has over China

Published | Video Starts at 05:22

Because I know you when you say. No, I could do that because we have something that they Want we have with a pot of gold. Don't forget we paid, you know, We lost to China last year $1 trillion. 1 trillion because of their stupidity with their trade policies. Now I put tariffs on China. We took in hundreds of billions of dollars and Biden was unable to end them because it was so much money. (05:22–05:26)

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Asserts that the U.S. had a trade deficit of $1 trillion with China last year.

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