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Donald Trump: “We used to be the manufacturing capital of the world.”

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 1:03:39

I think we'll be higher than at any time fairly soon when these places open. I think we'll be higher than at any time in the history of our country. And We used to be the manufacturing capital of the world. And then it got taken away. It went to the ships, went to Taiwan. And all they had to do is say if you sell your product back into the country, there's going to be 100% tariff and nobody would have left. (1:03:39–1:03:43)

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Asserts that the U.S. was once the manufacturing capital of the world.

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