Greg Abbott: “Texas remained a very robust economy at that time [during…”

“Here's what the governor said. Remember, tactics like this occurred during the first Trump administration, and we got through it. Texas remained a very robust economy at that time [during the first Trump administration]. Same thing is going to happen this time. Everyone knows that Trump uses tariffs as a tactic to achieve another goal.” (00:52–00:56)

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