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Donald Trump: “We should be at 12% and 13% GDP.”

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

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Squawk Pod: President Donald J. Trump: America at 250 - 07/03/26 | Audio Only

Published | Video Starts at 04:41

But they're allowed to go up. We're not allowed to go up. If we go up, they want to kill it. There's no reason we should stop at 4%. We should be at 12% and 13% GDP. And I hate what happens where in the old days we would be. That's how we built the country. Now you, you announce positive things and they want to bring it down by raising interest rates. (04:41–04:45)

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Asserts that the U.S. GDP growth rate should be 12-13%.

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