"[Trump] said he 'couldn’t care less' if automakers raised prices after he announced he would impose 25% tariffs on all foreign-made automobiles. …
When pressed if he told CEOs not to raise prices, as reported in the The Wall Street Journal, Trump added, 'No, I never said that. I couldn’t care less if they raise prices, because people are going to start buying American-made cars.'”
~ NBC
#Trump #stupidity #incompetence #destruction #tariffs #economy #cars
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