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Donald Trump: “We're taking in trillions of dollars.”

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

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President Trump Holds Signing Ceremony

Published | Video Starts at 01:48

So it doesn't make sense. I didn't have to be briefed on this, by the way. This is real easy business. I mean, this is simple. We're taking in trillions of dollars. We're taking in tremendous amounts of countries jobs. Everything's coming in now just to get off AI for a second. Auto plants are being built at levels that we've just about never seen before. (01:48–01:51)

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Asserts that the U.S. is taking in trillions of dollars, presumably from tariffs or economic activities.

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