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I am not a Trump supporter but the headline is completely incorrect and disingenuous. It seems like there's a game of telephone happening for the quote "you're not going to be able to sell those cars", but the context of him saying this was for an import tariff on electric cars built in Mexico by Chinese companies.

> ["you’re going to not hire Americans and you’re going to sell the cars to us. Now, we’re going to put a 100% tariff on every single car that comes across the line, and you’re not going to be able to sell those cars, if I get elected"](https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/donald-trump-speaks-at-...)

https://youtu.be/XGJwCUHVgc0?t=1875

I don't care to discuss the nuances of this policy and am not saying this to support him, but journalism like this taking stuff out of context and creating a strawman (even if accidental) is really irritating.



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