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Donald Trump: “I don’t blame China, I blame the incompetence of past Admins for allowing China to take advantage of the U.S. on trade…”

On the recordNovember 8, 2017
I don’t blame China, I blame the incompetence of past Admins for allowing China to take advantage of the U.S. on trade leading up to a point where the U.S. is losing $100's of billions. How can you blame China for taking advantage of people that had no clue? I would've done same!
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