Donald Trump Reiterates His Message On Thank You Tour: 'Buy American, Hire American'
- 7 years ago
Donald Trump recently said during a rally - "we will have two simple rules when it comes to rebuilding this country - Buy American and Hire American."
One of Donald Trump's key campaign promises was that he'd bring back jobs to the U.S. from overseas and keep them from leaving the country.
During his recent 'Thank You Tour,' Trump has continued to focus on that issue in his speeches.
On Tuesday, the president-elect spoke in Fayetteville, North Carolina and he said, "we will have two simple rules when it comes to rebuilding this country - Buy American and Hire American."
At another rally on Thursday, he noted, "The American worker built this country and now it's time for American workers to have a government for the first time in decades answers to them..."
Last week, President-elect Donald Trump appeared at the Carrier plant in Indiana to formally announce that the company has agreed to keep hundreds of jobs in the U.S.
As part of his speech, Trump said, "Companies are not going to leave the United States anymore without consequences."
Trump reiterated these thoughts in a series of tweets and added some warnings for companies which may try and circumvent the system. He writes, “The U.S. is going to substantialy reduce taxes and regulations on businesses, but any business that leaves our country for another country, fires its employees, builds a new factory or plant in the other country, and then thinks it will sell its product back into the U.S. without retribution or consequence, is WRONG!”
He then continues, “There will be a tax on our soon to be strong border of 35% for these companies wanting to sell their product, cars, A.C. units etc., back across the border. This tax will make leaving financially difficult, but. these companies are able to move between all 50 states, with no tax or tariff being charged. Please be forewarned prior to making a very expensive mistake!”
Trump concludes these thoughts by writing in all caps, “THE UNITED STATES IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS.”
Despite his celebration of the Carrier deal, critics have pointed out that Indiana has promised to give the company incentives totaling $7 million and that hundreds of employees are still expected to lose their jobs.&nb
One of Donald Trump's key campaign promises was that he'd bring back jobs to the U.S. from overseas and keep them from leaving the country.
During his recent 'Thank You Tour,' Trump has continued to focus on that issue in his speeches.
On Tuesday, the president-elect spoke in Fayetteville, North Carolina and he said, "we will have two simple rules when it comes to rebuilding this country - Buy American and Hire American."
At another rally on Thursday, he noted, "The American worker built this country and now it's time for American workers to have a government for the first time in decades answers to them..."
Last week, President-elect Donald Trump appeared at the Carrier plant in Indiana to formally announce that the company has agreed to keep hundreds of jobs in the U.S.
As part of his speech, Trump said, "Companies are not going to leave the United States anymore without consequences."
Trump reiterated these thoughts in a series of tweets and added some warnings for companies which may try and circumvent the system. He writes, “The U.S. is going to substantialy reduce taxes and regulations on businesses, but any business that leaves our country for another country, fires its employees, builds a new factory or plant in the other country, and then thinks it will sell its product back into the U.S. without retribution or consequence, is WRONG!”
He then continues, “There will be a tax on our soon to be strong border of 35% for these companies wanting to sell their product, cars, A.C. units etc., back across the border. This tax will make leaving financially difficult, but. these companies are able to move between all 50 states, with no tax or tariff being charged. Please be forewarned prior to making a very expensive mistake!”
Trump concludes these thoughts by writing in all caps, “THE UNITED STATES IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS.”
Despite his celebration of the Carrier deal, critics have pointed out that Indiana has promised to give the company incentives totaling $7 million and that hundreds of employees are still expected to lose their jobs.&nb