US President Donald Trump's TV interview from 1988 is doing the rounds on the internet, where he is seen saying that he would make American allies "pay their fair share".
In the clip, which has gone viral after the US President imposed sweeping tariffs, Trump had cited examples of trade with Japan and Kuwait.
"They knock the hell out of our companies," Trump said in the 1988 interview with Oprah Winfrey.
"I'd make our allies, forgetting about our enemies, the enemies you can't talk to easily, I'd make our allies pay their fair share. We are a debtor nation. Something is going to happen over the next number of years with this country because you can't keep on going on losing two hundred billion and yet we let Japan come and in and dump everything right into our markets. It's not free trade," Trump said.
He further added: "If you ever go to Japan right now and try to sell something, forget about it, just forget about it. It's almost impossible. They don't have laws against it, they just make it impossible. They come over here, they sell their cars, their VCRs, they knock the hell out of our companies."
Trump said Kuwaitis "live like kings" while the US make it possible for them to sell their oil.
"Kuwait, they live like kings. The poorest person in Kuwait they live like kings, and yet they're not paying. We make it possible for them to sell their oil. Why aren't they paying us twenty-five percent of what they're making? It's a joke," Trump said in the interview.
Trump on Wednesday unveiled an extensive new tariff regime, imposing a 10% baseline tax on imports from most countries, with significantly higher levies for those running trade surpluses with the United States. However, Canada and Mexico have been notably left off the list for additional tariffs, with the White House citing existing agreements as the reason.
In the clip, which has gone viral after the US President imposed sweeping tariffs, Trump had cited examples of trade with Japan and Kuwait.
"They knock the hell out of our companies," Trump said in the 1988 interview with Oprah Winfrey.
"I'd make our allies, forgetting about our enemies, the enemies you can't talk to easily, I'd make our allies pay their fair share. We are a debtor nation. Something is going to happen over the next number of years with this country because you can't keep on going on losing two hundred billion and yet we let Japan come and in and dump everything right into our markets. It's not free trade," Trump said.
Donald Trump on the Oprah Winfrey show in 1988. He was right about everything. pic.twitter.com/Jm3I58ILzU
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) August 22, 2024
He further added: "If you ever go to Japan right now and try to sell something, forget about it, just forget about it. It's almost impossible. They don't have laws against it, they just make it impossible. They come over here, they sell their cars, their VCRs, they knock the hell out of our companies."
Trump said Kuwaitis "live like kings" while the US make it possible for them to sell their oil.
"Kuwait, they live like kings. The poorest person in Kuwait they live like kings, and yet they're not paying. We make it possible for them to sell their oil. Why aren't they paying us twenty-five percent of what they're making? It's a joke," Trump said in the interview.
Trump on Wednesday unveiled an extensive new tariff regime, imposing a 10% baseline tax on imports from most countries, with significantly higher levies for those running trade surpluses with the United States. However, Canada and Mexico have been notably left off the list for additional tariffs, with the White House citing existing agreements as the reason.
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