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Donald Trump: “We took in $700 billion from China.”

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

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President Trump Hosts First Cabinet Meeting, Feb. 26, 2025.

Published | Video Starts at 37:27

We've been taken advantage of as a country for a long period of time. We've been. We've been tariffed, but we didn't tariff now. I did when I was here. I tariffed. We took in $700 billion from China. 7, 700 billion. Not one president in this, in the history of our country took in 10 cents from China. @ the same time, China respected us. (37:27–37:31)

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Asserts that the U.S. collected $700 billion in tariffs from China.

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