They hollowed out the American middle class. They destroyed the industrial base of our country. I mean, crazy statistic China, we're still the biggest economy in the world. China is 32% of global manufacturing GDP. We're 18% of global manufacturing GDP. So even though we're still by far the biggest economy in the world, China makes nearly twice as many manufactured goods as we do. That is the engine of real economic prosperity is manufacturing. (22:28–22:36)
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Asserts that China accounts for 32% of global manufacturing GDP, while the U.S. accounts for 18%.
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