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Donald Trump: “We would have saved 159 billion.”

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 41:00

$159 billion I have to pay them back. When A little half sentence. Any money taken in to this point does not have to be paid back. We would have saved 159 billion. And I cannot figure it out. How could anybody do that? But they did it. We have other ways of tariffing. As you know, we're already doing it. (41:00–41:03)

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Asserts that $159 billion could have been saved if not for the Supreme Court ruling.

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