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Donald Trump: “We're charging very substantial tariffs for companies that…”

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Published | Video Starts at 07:17

Eli Lilly is building six plants with billions and billions of dollars each, which means jobs, economic growth, factory openings, and far greater national security. And so really a big factor was the tariffs. We're charging very substantial tariffs for companies that don't want to make their drugs or pharmaceuticals and automobiles and other things [in the United States]. If they don't want to make them in the United States, they have to pay very big penalties in the form of tariffs. And what that means is they're all coming here. (07:17–07:27)

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Asserts that substantial tariffs are imposed on companies not manufacturing in the U.S.

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