It is a national security because we have, we have subsidized these third world countries in their middle class. While our middle class has suffered. We have, We have built China's economy by draining our treasury and sending trillions of dollars over there. because they have taken our manufacturer jobs, sent the products back to us, we purchase them, and then the dollars go back out. The president's the first one to actually get this right. (01:04–01:11)
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Asserts that the U.S. has contributed to building China's economy by sending trillions of dollars.
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