Former President Trump on Thursday outlined his economic agenda if he is elected in November, doubling down on many of the policies that he leaned on during his first four years in office and vowing to undo numerous Biden administration moves.

Trump spoke to the Economic Club of New York, where he addressed a crowd of economists, business leaders and journalists to call for extended tax cuts, deregulation and tariffs on companies who outsource jobs or import products.

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Trump was asked at his appearance before the Economic Club of New York about his plans to drive down child care costs to help more women join the workforce.

“Child care is child care, it’s something you have to have in this country. You have to have it,” he said. Then, he said his plans to tax imports from foreign nations at higher levels would “take care” of such problems.

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2024 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump discussed his economic plan for the country at the Economic Club of New York. His plan included: imposing automobile tariffs, eliminating 10 old regulations for every new regulation, lowering the corporate tax rate from 21% to 15% for companies that make their products in the U.S., making the 2017 tax cuts permanent, and creating a task force headed by Elon Musk that would conduct “a complete financial and performance audit of the entire federal government and making recommendations for drastic reforms.”

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In a speech on his economic policies at the Economic Club of New York, former President Trump called to "make the Trump Tax Cuts permanent."

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trumplaid out his economic vision for the country on Thursday during a speech at the New York Economic Club.

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Trump outlines economic policies at an event for the Economic Club of New York

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Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump addresses the Economic Club of New York at Cipriani's.

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Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump points to his ear as he speaks at the Economic Club of New York.

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The titans of finance who gathered on Thursday at the Economic Club of New York may have hoped to hear how former President Donald J. Trump would take the nation into the era of artificial intelligence, private space travel and self-driving electric cars.

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Former President Donald Trump sought to offer a more detailed economic message in a speech Thursday in New York — and paid special attention to his oft-criticized program for a new wave of tariffs on US imports from around the world.

“Some might call it economic nationalism, I call it common sense," Trump told the crowd of business leaders at the Economic Club of New York.

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Former President Donald Trump plans to ban mortgages for undocumented immigrants, he said in a speech at the Economic Club of New York on Thursday.

Trump claimed the measure would help address housing affordability because a “flood” of people entering the country illegally are pushing up housing costs, but undocumented immigrants only make up a tiny portion of the mortgage market.

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He announced the plans in a speech to the Economic Club of New York, a group of executives and industry leaders, where he also unveiled proposals to slash regulations and boost energy production, embrace cryptocurrencies and drastically cut government spending as well as corporate taxes for companies that produce in the U.S.

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Donald Trump said he would enlist Elon Musk to run a “government efficiency commission” if he wins a second term as US president.

Speaking to the Economic Club of New York on Thursday, Trump said the X owner had agreed to head a task force to conduct a “complete financial and performance audit of the entire federal government” and make “recommendations for drastic reforms.”

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The commission will be “tasked with conducting a complete financial and performance audit of the entire federal govern ment” and make “recommendations for drastic reforms,” Trump said in his speech Thursday at the Economic Club of New York.

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Trump also brought up Putin during a question-and-answer session that followed his Thursday economic speech to the Economic Club of New York.

Minutes before, Trump questioned the continuing value of sanctions against Russia and other rival nations, in Russia's case over its invasion of Ukraine.

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Speaking at the Economic Club of New York on Thursday, Trump called for the creation of a sovereign wealth fund—a term that describes state-owned organizations that operate like hedge funds or private equity firms, pursuing different financial strategies such as buying up stock in public companies or backing startups and other private companies.

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Trump made the proposal during a speech at The Economic Club of New York, questioning why the U.S. does not have a sovereign wealth fund and saying his administration would make the country’s own fund “to invest in great national endeavors for the benefit of all of the American people.”

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Speaking to The Economic Club of New York, Trump said the commission's creation came "at the suggestion of Elon Musk," and Trump said it would be tasked with "conducting a complete financial and performance audit of the entire federal government and making recommendations for drastic reforms."

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“As soon as I get to office, we will make housing much more affordable,” Trump said in a speech to the Economic Club of New York that criticized the Biden administration’s economic record and touted his own agenda. “As inflation is tamed, interest rates will dramatically fall.”

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Highlights reel: Speaking at the Economic Club of New York on Sept. 5, 2024, Donald Trump outlined a six-point plan for the U.S. economy, should he be re-elected President.

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