On his 100th day in office in 2017 Trump headed to a PA wheelbarrow factory to launch his trade policy and put the US on the path to today’s tariffs.
Eight years on that factory is closed. The wheelbarrows are now made in China.
My latest for @bloomberg.com:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-29/made-in-usa-wheelbarrows-promoted-by-trump-are-now-made-in-china?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc0NTkyNTA5MywiZXhwIjoxNzQ2NTI5ODkzLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTVkg3V0RUMEcxS1cwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI2NTI4REQ5RTU2RTM0NjcyOEM1NEMwNDIzREJCRDAyNSJ9.PSEwRGB-Kz5jdmU0gtcoJW1GmEuVUMY6N-QsKiwxt5c
Eight years on that factory is closed. The wheelbarrows are now made in China.
My latest for @bloomberg.com:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-29/made-in-usa-wheelbarrows-promoted-by-trump-are-now-made-in-china?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc0NTkyNTA5MywiZXhwIjoxNzQ2NTI5ODkzLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTVkg3V0RUMEcxS1cwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI2NTI4REQ5RTU2RTM0NjcyOEM1NEMwNDIzREJCRDAyNSJ9.PSEwRGB-Kz5jdmU0gtcoJW1GmEuVUMY6N-QsKiwxt5c
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Supporters have found horse shite doesn't stretch the dollar's purchasing power.
How long after Trump launched his trade policy did they move to China? Remember when Trump had his tie line on sale at Macy's they were made in China too!
If I was doing my spring yard work and I wanted to move something (let's just say Bullshit, for example) from one place to another and I had to purchase a wheelbarrow, I would have to pay an exorbitant price for said wheelbarrow plus a tarrif.
Thank you, Donald.
"In 2023 its private equity owner, Griffon Corp., shut down the plant, which once made 85% of the wheelbarrows sold in the US, and shifted the work overseas."
Vance show up - Pope gone.
Leave-it show up - Facts gone.
Hegseth show up - bottle opener gone.
100 days - everything gone. Down the drain.
We never thought about manufacturing. Wheelbarrows in Mexico, where they would solve a couple of problems because more people would need to be working in Mexico, which would keep people from coming across our border.