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Newt Gingrich: “We are going to have higher tariff walls, we're going to…”

Featuring: Newt Gingrich, Conservative | Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives | National

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Gavin Newsom and Newt Gingrich Discuss Immigration, Trump's Policies, and Bipartisanship

Published | Video Starts at 17:19

Now, what Trump has done, which I don't, candidly don't think he's explained very well, Trump is a reversion to the late 19th century Republican model best articulated by William McKinley, that We are going to have higher tariff walls, we're going to have higher paid workers, we're going to have huge prosperity. And in the end, because we're the largest economy we have. I mean, he loves this. He knows in every negotiation, including China, in the end, he's the bank. (17:19–17:27)

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Asserts a policy of high tariffs and wages leading to prosperity.

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