catastrophic in what they're doing to this country. America is being ripped off. And I'll tell you what. We're not going to have an America in 10 years if it keeps going like this. We're a debtor nation, and we have to tax, we have to tariff, we have to protect this country. And nobody's doing it.”[Primetime Live, ABC News, 11/2/89] TRADE WITH CHINA AND CURRENCY DEVALUATION TRUMP: THERE’S NO CHOICE BUT TO START A TRADE WAR WITH CHINA In Response To China Devaluing Their Currency, Trump Said He Would Put A Tariff On Chinese Products And Claimed We “Have To” Have A Trade War With China. “Challenged by host Bill O'Reilly, the celebrity real estate tycoon doubled down on what has become a main issue in his campaign, criticizing the U.S. government for allowing China to devalue its currency. Trump said he would put a tariff on Chinese products, saying ‘you have to’ have a trade war. ‘Their leaders are intelligent, ours aren't,’ Trump said Monday.” [The Hill, 8/25/15; The O’Reilly Factor, Fox News, 8/24/15] Trump Said He Would Start A Trade War With China, Stating “You Have To Do That ... You Have No Choice.” “Trump, who has made a similar call with Mexico, said Monday that he would initiate a trade war with China, saying ‘you have to do that ... you have no choice.’: [CNN, 8/25/15; The O’Reilly Factor, Fox News, 8/24/15] 2011: TRUMP INSISTED HE WOULD ENCOURAGE A TRADE WAR WITH CHINA Trump Said He Would Urge A Trade War With China And Urge Americans To Stop Buy Fewer Chinese Products. CAVUTO: “I would imagine, President Trump would then start urging Americans to buy less from China.” TRUMP: “Absolutely.” CAVUTO: “Trade war. Trade war ensues then what?” TRUMP: “Oh, I'd urge that anyway. Look, this isn't free trade. This isn't free trade. If you try and do business, I have to tell you, Nucor, a great steel company, you ask that gentleman that's running Nucor, is it possible to do business in China? He'll tell you it's virtually impossible. We can't do business in China. They do business with us. I've had Chinese partners. I will tell you right now, very difficult. Want the edge all the time. And unless we have the right people to deal with them, you got yourself a big problem in this country and we don't have the right people as of this moment that are dealing with the Chinese.”[Your World With Neil Cavuto, Fox News, 1/18/11] TRUMP HAS CALLED FOR TARIFFS BETWEEN 12 AND 20 PERCENT ON CHINESE PRODUCTS 2015: Trump Said He Would Impose Import Tariffs Of Up To 12 Percent On China. “As for China, Trump said he would play hardball with Beijing on trade. He accused China of devaluing its currency and said he would hit the Chinese with import tariffs of up to 12 percent.” [Public Radio International, 9/7/15] • The Economist’s David Rennie: “If [Donald Trump] Did One-Tenth Of What He’s Planning, He Would Trigger A Global Trade War, Which Would Cause A Kind Of Global Recession And Cost Lots Of Jobs.” “The editors at The Economist looked at the overall implications of Trump’s policy ideas and were less than impressed. ‘Americans are waking up to the possibility that a man whose hobby is naming things after himself might — conceivably — be the Confidential Page 181