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Eric Trump: “When we were paying more taxes, when we had the worst EPA…”

Featuring: Eric Trump, Executive Vice President of the Trump Organization | National

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Eric Trump Discusses Revitalizing American Manufacturing and Navigating Cancel Culture on American Thought Leaders

Published | Video Starts at 03:44

… imperative to health, we better manufacture in this country, but we also better be able to put ourselves in a spot where we can actually have a competitive advantage. And When we were paying more taxes, when we had the worst EPA laws in the world, when we were putting in, you know, 10 extra regulations every two days that were just absolutely crushing the profitability, the productivity of our companies, you couldn't. Right. And I think under my father, all of that stuff is getting reversed right now. Taxes are going down, interest rates are going down. You know, obviously regulation is going down. (03:44–04:01)

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Asserts that high taxes, strict EPA laws, and excessive regulations harmed U.S. companies' profitability and productivity.

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