That is fair for both sides. But what we have now cannot continue. We have de industrialized this country, de industrialized the United States of America. There are things we can no longer make and we have to be able to make in order to be safe as a country and in order to have jobs. That's why we had a rust belt. That's why we've suffered all these important jobs that once sustained entire communities wiped out by trade that basically sent these factories, these jobs, this industrial capability to other places that cannot and will not continue. (07:53–08:00)
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Asserts that the U.S. has lost the ability to manufacture certain essential goods.
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