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Donald Trump: “What the tariffs are doing is they're driving people in and…”

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

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Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu Discuss Middle East Peace, Iran Talks, and U.S. Economic Growth

Published | Video Starts at 31:50

They were charging us tariffs at levels that nobody's ever seen before. We have some countries who are charging 200% tariffs and making it impossible to do business. And What the tariffs are doing is they're driving people in and companies in into the United States. That's why we're building all of the. All of the work that you see happening in this country right now. And it's at a record level. (31:50–31:56)

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Asserts that tariffs are encouraging businesses to move to the United States.

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