Our national security people are on it. But I would say to make America strong, we need to have a strong Western hemisphere and the world needs a strong America. Think about this. America set out to do tariffs on the world and everyone said it would destroy the rest of the world. Europe's stock market way up. UK stock market way up. Japan way up. Korea way up. Why are they all up? Because when America shines, the world shines. (02:10–02:17)
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Asserts that there was a belief that U.S. tariffs would destroy the global economy.
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