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Donald Trump: “If the Democrats had won the Election in 2016, GDP, which was about 1% and going down, would have been minus 4% instead…”

On the recordSeptember 9, 2018
If the Democrats had won the Election in 2016, GDP, which was about 1% and going down, would have been minus 4% instead of up 4.2%. I opened up our beautiful economic engine with Regulation and Tax Cuts. Our system was choking and would have been made worse. Still plenty to do!
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