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Donald Trump: “You know, China intelligently went and they sort of took a monopoly of the world's magnets, and nobody needed magnets…”

On the recordAugust 27, 2025
You know, China intelligently went and they sort of took a monopoly of the world's magnets, and nobody needed magnets until they convinced everybody 20 years ago, 'Let's all do magnets.'
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Donald Trump
Republican · Florida
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reason.com
Aug 27, 2025

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Trump's comments on China's influence over magnet production.

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