President Trump has made a major warning to agricultural machinery manufacturer John Deere.
During a recent roundtable hosted by the Protecting America Initiative, Trump warned that he would impose a 200% tariff on John Deere machinery if the manufacturer moved production to Mexico.
Trump stated, “I’m just notifying John Deere right now: If you do that, we’re putting a 200% tariff on everything that you want to sell into the United States.”
“It’s hurting our farmers. It’s hurting our manufacturing,” added Trump.
Watch the moment he said it here:
Trump is not messing around. He just called out John Deere to their face for replacing American jobs with foreign labor.
“I just noticed behind me, John Deere tractors. As you know, they’ve announced they’re going to move a lot of their manufacturing business to Mexico. I’m just… pic.twitter.com/zzo1fzODmb
— 🇺🇸Travis🇺🇸 (@Travis_4_Trump) September 23, 2024
Here’s what CNBC reported:
Former President Donald Trump on Monday threatened John Deere with a 200% tariff if the agricultural manufacturer moves production to factories in Mexico.
“They’ve announced a few days ago that they’re going to move a lot of their manufacturing business to Mexico,” the Republican nominee said at a policy roundtable in