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Donald Trump promises to end Obamacare, NAFTA during Cincinnati 'Thank You' tour speech

LIVE: Preps underway for Trump's Cincy event
Posted at 3:43 PM, Dec 01, 2016
and last updated 2016-12-02 10:07:58-05

CINCINNATI -- With the election over, President-elect Donald Trump continued making promises to his supporters during a "Thank Your" Tour speech in Cincinnati Thursday night, saying he would repeal Obamacare and improve conditions for working class Americans.

Trump began his speech by thanking his supporters and touting his campaign as "a grassroots movement the likes of which the world has never seen before."

"You're going to be happy," he said. "We're all going to be happy"

Watch Trump's full speech in the video player below.

 

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Amidst breaks to vaunt about his win over Hillary Clinton, Trump spoke about the reduction of mining and manufacturing jobs, blaming in part the North American Free Trade Agreement. He pledged to "fix " or "terminate" the accord signed with Mexico and Canada during Bill Clinton's presidency.

"The Rust Belt has been hammered, and it's one of the reasons I won," he said. 

Trump also said he would "fix" poor rural communities. He said he planned to stop businesses from moving overseas.

"From now on, it is going to be America first," he said. "We're going to put ourselves first."

Trump also blamed Obamacare for economic problems.

"By the way, we are repealing and replacing Obamacare," he said.

Trump didn't divulge specifics about his economic plan, but said it involved "massively" lowering taxes and loosening business regulations to allow better competition with foreign companies.

"Anything we want for our country is now possible," Trump said.

You can also follow a recap of live coverage from the event, here: