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Sean Duffy: “In 2022, we built five ships. China built 1800 ships in…”

Featuring: Sean Duffy, Republican | Secretary of Transportation | National

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Discussion with Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy on U.S. Infrastructure and Shipbuilding

Published | Video Starts at 00:24

I'm just going to talk about, talk to you about one thing, shipbuilding. Okay. A little, a little off page on the market in tariffs, but we don't build ships in America anymore. In 2022, we built five ships. China built 1800 ships in 2022. Right. So if you want to be a global power, you have to build ships and you have to have sailors to sail those ships. (00:24–00:32)

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Asserts that the U.S. built five ships while China built 1800 ships in 2022.

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