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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday his tariff policy was aimed at promoting the domestic manufacturing of tanks and technology products, not sneakers and T-shirts.

Speaking to reporters before boarding Air Force One in New Jersey, Trump said he agreed with comments from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on April 29 that the U.S. does not necessarily need a "booming textile industry" - comments that drew criticism from the National Council of Textile Organizations.

"We're not looking to make sneakers and T-shirts. We want to make military equipment. We want to make big things. We want to make, do the AI thing," Trump said.

"I'm not looking to make T-shirts, to be honest. I'm not looking to make socks. We can do that very well in other locations. We are looking to do chips and computers and lots of other things, and tanks and ships," Trump said.

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Who you gonna sell tanks and ships to when no one trusts you to shut it off if you've filled your diaper?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

the American people (hopefully)

[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 days ago (1 children)

No one. They're not planning to sell them, they're planning to use them.

Nazi Germany made a lot of tanks too, and they weren't exactly looking to be the world's arms dealer.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yes but building tanks and ships for ones own use doesn't help to improve the economy.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago

Trump and his accomplices never wanted to improve the economy.

Enriching themselves and stroking their fragile egos while taking away the rights and often lives of groups of people they don't like is all they ever wanted.

Unchecked corruption, cruelty, and subjugation, that's what it's all about.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Sell? Who will stop Trump from becoming Putin and use those tanks?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The military isn’t using tanks anymore.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago

They are, but Ukraine has demonstrated that tanks aren't much use against drones, unless other countermeasures are in place.