‘A Thousand Percent!’ Trump Promises to Impose ‘Whatever Tariffs Are Required’ On Imported Cars

Former President Donald Trump promised to impose tariffs up to even “a thousand percent” during a speech in Detroit on Thursday.

“We will implement further protections for critical industries that are fundamental to our national interests And those include, above all, steel and the car industry. The car industry is critical to us,” began Trump from behind a podium at the Detroit Economic Club. “We can’t fight a war if we can’t make cars and trucks and engines and transmissions and drive trains. Surrendering our car industry is not an option. We have to make our car industry brilliant again. We have to make it bigger, I’m going to make it bigger than it was ever before.”

“We’re going to we’re going to make this country so strong. And it’s going to be so much easier to run. And I think we’re going to end up actually having a lot of support from the other party, I really believe that,” he added before doubling down on his promise to impose massive tariffs:

So as I said, China is currently building gigantic auto plants in Mexico. And they think that they’re going to sell all of these cars into the United States, which would destroy Michigan, totally destroy your state. But it’s not going to happen. Not gonna happen, not even close. They might as well stop building the damn plants.

They are giants. ‘Sir, you really have to see them.’ I said, ‘I don’t wanna see’em.’ I will impose whatever tariffs are required — 100%, 200%, a thousand percent! They’re not going to sell any cars into the United States with those plants. They’re building them close to our border so that they can have easy shipping because they’re used to having stupid people to deal with. We’re not going to let it happen, those jobs are coming back to Michigan, and they’re coming back to other states, and they’re coming back to our country and, they’re going to make America great again. That’s it.

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