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Donald Trump: “We'd have to pay back trillions of dollars. We've taken in…”

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

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President Trump Makes an Announcement, Nov. 6, 2025

Published | Video Starts at 20:39

I'm going to talk about it. I'm going to hope that we win. I can't imagine that anybody would do that kind of devastation to our country. You know, We'd have to pay back trillions of dollars. We've taken in trillions. We haven't taken in billions. We've taken in trillions of dollars. We've made trade deals based on that. That give us, as an example, European Union $950 billion, Japan $650 billion, South Korea, $350 billion. Without this, we're not talking about that kind of money. (20:39–20:47)

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Asserts that the U.S. has taken in trillions of dollars, not billions.

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