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Donald Trump: “We were subsidizing the entire world.”

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

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Trump addresses House Republicans at the Trump-Kennedy Center

Published | Video Starts at 54:59

Now everybody's wanted favored nations, but everybody knew it was impossible to get the countries to agree to it because they wouldn't have done. And they've been doing this for 40 years or whatever it is, We were subsidizing the entire world. That's just one of the many things we're giving. But you should take that thing that's going to save now that also when you add that to health care, your drug prices are much lower than what you projected. (54:59–55:02)

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Asserts that the U.S. was financially supporting global drug pricing.

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