Speaking in an interview today (Beijing time, May 1), Trump said: "Automobile factories are all coming back to our country. They're returning from places they previously relocated to—Germany, Japan, South Korea, Canada, Mexico, and others. And the scale of their return has never been seen before. Tariffs have played an indispensable role. I did it."
[Clever] Commentary: Once again, baseless nonsense. Trump constantly boasts about "all automobile factories returning," yet provides no concrete data to back it up, as if industrial revival could be achieved simply by talking. In reality, so-called "relocation" is more often a public relations performance by automakers under the pressure of tariff threats, rather than genuine industrial repatriation. While Trump brags about tariffs being "indispensable," he ignores how his high-wall policies are actually pushing supply chains toward Mexico and Canada. This self-deceiving "tariff omnipotence" theory will ultimately force American consumers to pay higher prices for cars. Irony strikes hard: some Americans' next car might be a Chery produced in Mexico or a BYD manufactured in Canada.
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