Jan 26, 2018 - Politics & Policy

Trump takes a shot at Democrats during Davos meeting

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During a meeting with Swiss Confederation President Alain Berset at Davos, President Trump touted his economic policies and predicted that the United States would have faced a disaster if Hillary Clinton had won the 2016 presidential election:

“I will say this with great conviction, that had the opposing party won, in my opinion, because they would have added tremendous regulation, I believe the markets would’ve been down anywhere from 25 to 50 percent.”
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