Former president Donald Trump In his economic address on Thursday, he said the US was allowing “big companies” to “come and invade and invade our country”.
“Oh, he used the word ‘rape’. “That’s right, I used the word ‘rape,'” Trump said, prompting a slight gasp from the audience at the Detroit Economic Club. “They raped our country,” he repeated.
Trump didn’t say which companies he was referring to, but he did talking about businesses exports goods manufactured abroad to the United States.
“So the deal that I’m going to offer to the world, to the companies outside of our world, the big companies, the powerful companies, is that we were stupid, we were stupid. We allowed them to come in and invade and invade our country and that’s what they did,” he said.
Trump continued to outline his plan to promote companies other countries will open factories here, “the US will give you the lowest taxes, the lowest energy costs” and the “lowest regulatory burdens.”
The breaks would be available “only if you make your products here in America” and “you have to hire American workers,” he said.
Trump added that his administration would impose a “tax or duty” on companies that do not manufacture their goods in the United States.
When asked for more details and which companies Trump was referring to, his campaign said that “weak and incompetent career politicians like Kamala Harris have sold our country out on bad deals.”
“When President Trump returns to office, he will impose a 15% corporate tax rate on companies that make products here in America and ensure that foreign companies doing business in the United States don’t rip us off,” campaign spokeswoman Caroline Leavitt said. statement.
Trump, who entered into a trade war with China while in office, has made the tax relief or tariff plan the centerpiece of his economic plan.
There is Trump and his company long history Production of Trump-branded products in countries such as China, Indonesia, Turkey and Canada.
Trump used similar language during the 2016 presidential election campaign China was specially mentioned. He said at that time that there will be currency devaluation in the country.to swallow blood“We cannot continue to allow China to bully our country,” he told a rally in America and then Indiana.
“That’s what they do. This is the biggest theft in the history of the world,” he said.
Trump himself faced civil rape allegations in 2022 when he was sued by author E. Jean Carroll. Carroll claimed he sexually assaulted her during a date at a New York department store in the mid-1990s, and she got away with it. File a lawsuit under a New York law passed in 2022 that allows civil actions in such cases, even if the statute of limitations has long expired.
Trump denied Carroll’s “heinous” accusations but waived his right to testify in court. The jury found for Trump is not responsible for harassment, but Carrolla is liable for sexual assault and defamation.
Trump is appealing the $5 million judgment, as well as the subsequent $83 million defamation judgment stemming from comments he made about Carroll while president.