So the president just pivoted and said, oh, fine, then it's a national security. 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. (01:01–01:04)
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Asserts that U.S. policies have subsidized third-world countries' middle classes at the expense of the U.S. middle class.
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