The only way I'm going to go to Washington is if we get Donald Trump elected. And that's the only way we're going to fix this catastrophe that is impacting our children, this chronic disease epidemic. When I was a 10 year old boy, my uncle was President of the United States and 6% of Americans had chronic disease. Today, 60% do. When my uncle was president, we spent zero on chronic disease in this country. There wasn't even medications for any chronic diseases. Today we spend $4.3 trillion every year. (02:57–03:10)
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Asserts that chronic disease prevalence in the U.S. increased from 6% to 60% since his uncle's presidency.
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