The American people didn't know that all these tariffs and trade barriers were up against our allies. That we're underwriting. This is the whole thing like with Europe. In Europe, it's quite frankly, We've been underwriting your defense since World War II and we're kind of underwriting your prosperity. That's going to end. We're going to get prosperous here. President Train is just wrong. (12:34–12:39)
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Asserts that the U.S. has been financially supporting European defense and prosperity since World War II.
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