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riversedge

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Mon May 26, 2025, 10:30 AM May 26

'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
Curated By :

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...............


Read more: https://www.news18.com/world/donald-trump-us-manufacturing-textiles-military-equipment-tanks-t-shirts-tariffs-latest-news-ws-kl-9353168.html



geez--more killing stuff to be made is what Trump wants!!
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"With the computers and the many many, many many elements ms liberty May 26 #1
We have plenty of tanks. Besides they're increasingly vulnerable on a modern battlefield. patphil May 26 #2
Trump is always ready to claim credit for anything good the USA/biden has done!! riversedge May 26 #7
He probably wants to sell them cheap to Russia. But what will China do with all those tanks we've been importing? lostnfound May 28 #22
Readability Analyzer on Trump's quotes in the OP, Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 3.43 tanyev May 26 #3
Trump talks like he almost made it through 3rd grade should be a new YELL for all Democrats!! riversedge May 26 #10
This is Trump's super power thought crime May 28 #23
Oh, I thought he was the Lying King. patphil May 28 #24
Just die, you piece of shit. -nt CrispyQ May 26 #4
'Ghost Army' Mr.Bee May 26 #5
Better for the streets in D.C.! tanyev May 26 #6
Forward March! Mr.Bee May 26 #9
Wow! That is impressive! Shipwack May 26 #14
Translation: Let Vietnam keep making textiles since they approved my big, beautiful golf resort. sinkingfeeling May 26 #8
A couple things... lonely bird May 26 #11
Who is this, "We," he speaks of? Bayard May 26 #12
Not a chance. Aristus May 26 #18
Sorry, Bayard May 26 #19
What's this about "chips"?! The POS is on record... keep_left May 26 #13
or we could just get along with the rest of the world, at least on some things. twodogsbarking May 26 #15
So now he's saying he put tariffs on the entire fucking world specifically to bring back manufacturing of exactly two Karasu May 26 #16
In MAGA World, any manufacturing is better for men than getting soft in feminized 'email jobs' - progree May 26 #17
It's a pipe dream unless you threaten corporate profits in a way that they can't pass on to consumers. cstanleytech May 26 #20
Heart lung machines to save babies born with heart defects would have been a very big thing, Granny Blue May 26 #21
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