John Deere says Trump's story about how he saved US jobs with a tariff threat is fictional

[Nevilledog]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/16/politics/trump-fact-check-john-deere-economy/index.html


Washington
CNN
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When former President Donald Trump was challenged at a Tuesday event about the potential economic harms of his proposal for across-the-board tariffs on imported goods, Trump told what sounded like a tariff success story.

He said that in response to his threat to impose hefty tariffs on John Deere if the storied American farm equipment maker went ahead with a plan to move some production from the US to Mexico, the company had just announced it was likely abandoning that outsourcing plan.

Trump said: “Are you ready? John Deere, great company. They announced about a year ago they’re gonna build big plants outside of the United States. Right? They’re going to build them in Mexico … I said, ‘If John Deere builds those plants, they’re not selling anything into the United States.’ They just announced yesterday they’re probably not going to build the plants, OK? I kept the jobs here.”

But a search of news articles and corporate press releases showed nothing about any such John Deere announcement the day prior. And in response to Trump’s story, a John Deere spokesperson told The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News that it had not changed its plans or announced any such changes.

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[Permanut]

1. And millions will vote for him .

Unbelievable.

[kacekwl]

2. And the MSM

jumped up to correct his lie right.

[GoodRaisin]

3. Lies.

How can anyone vote for someone who lies so damn much? I think anyone watching that interview knew he was lying when it came out of his mouth.

All his lies, lies, lies are the best and most obvious reason not to vote for him. Lying all the time is something that stands all on it’s own.