“we’re setting a table and we’re going to have great trade and we’re going to have a very strong country. Our country is going to be at a level that is maybe never been or maybe — our country was the strongest believe it or not from 1870 to 1913. You know why? It was all tariff based.We had no income tax. Then in 1913, some genius came up with the idea of let’s charge the people of our country not foreign countries that are ripping off our country. And the country was never — relatively was never that kind of wealth. We had so much wealth. We didn’t know what to do with our money.”
Source: Transcript of Trump-Netanyahu Joint Press Conference – April 7, 2025 – The Singju Post