'We Want To Make Tanks, Not T-Shirts': Donald Trump On Tariffs, Textile Manufacturing [View all]
Source: news18.com
'We Want To Make Tanks, Not T-Shirts': Donald Trump On Tariffs, Textile Manufacturing
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Aveek Banerjee
May 27, 2025, 01:36 IST
Trump said he was not interested in moving textile manufacturing back to the United States, outlining his administration's focus on producing military equipment and computers.
US President Donald Trump (File Photo)
US President Donald Trump came out in defence of his hardline tariff strategy, saying his goal was to boost the production of American products of military equipment, computers and artificial intelligence instead of sneakers and t-shirts.
“We’re not looking to make sneakers and t-shirts. We want to make military equipment. We want to make big things. We want to do the AI thing with the computers and the many, many, many, many elements," he said.
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Trump said he was not interested in moving textile manufacturing back to the United States. “I’m looking to not make socks. We can do that very well at other locations. We are looking to do chips and computers and lots of other things. And tanks. And chips, meaning ships," he added...............
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geez--more killing stuff to be made is what Trump wants!!
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