US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that his favourite word in the English dictionary is “tariff,” calling it the “most beautiful” word and crediting it for making the United States “rich.”

Speaking at the Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Trump said, “I love tariffs. My favourite word is tariff. We’re becoming rich as hell because of it.” He argued that other countries had been taking advantage of the US for years, but tariffs have restored fairness in trade.

Trump also said that one of the first executive orders he signed was to restore the principle of merit, calling it the most important word “other than the word tariff.” He added that the US has taken in trillions of dollars from tariffs, is “rich again,” and that other countries had been taking advantage of the US for years.

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