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mahatmakanejeeves

(56,893 posts)
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 09:41 PM Aug 2020

Trump's Remarks at Whirlpool Corporation Manufacturing Plant; August 6, 2020

Sure, “Made in the USA.” But where are the parts from?

REMARKS

Remarks by President Trump at Whirlpool Corporation Manufacturing Plant
ECONOMY & JOBS

Issued on: August 6, 2020

Whirlpool Corporation Manufacturing Plant
Clyde, Ohio
3:31 P.M. EDT

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. Please. Thank you very much. It’s a great honor to be here. And thank you, Dan. I’m thrilled to be in the great state of Ohio. You were very good to me, but I’ve been very good to you. (Applause.) I’ve been very good to you. We’ve been good to each other. With the incredible men and women of Whirlpool, the largest washing machine factory anywhere in the world.

Every day, 20,000 gleaming new machines coming rolling off that beautiful assembly line — I just got to see it — and every single one is proudly inscribed with that glorious phrase, “Made in the USA.” Remember? (Applause.) Made in the USA.

{snip}

For eight years, Whirlpool begged the Obama-Biden administration, who did nothing, to protect American workers from the flagrant dumping of foreign washers, dryers into America. But your cries for help fell on deaf ears. You didn’t see any action. They didn’t act. They didn’t care, and they never will.

{snip}

The Obama-Biden administration was laughed at. They were a joke. And they were perfectly happy to let China win, your jobs disappear, and your factory to close. And you know what it was like. I came through today, and everybody was out there. Tremendous crowds, waving and cheering. I said, “I must have done it right,” because you had people that were really — really something. (Applause.) Because four or five years ago, this place was a disaster.

In 2017, Whirlpool won relief from the ITC once again. Once more, your foreign competitors moved their factories to prevent a level playing field and to avoid liability, shifting production to Th-ailand and to Vietnam — Thailand and Vietnam, two places that I like their leaders very much. They’re very nice to us. Do they take advantage of the United States? Not so much anymore.

{snip}

Many politicians before me promised change on the campaign trail, only to back down in the face of corporate and international pressure. Like Jerusalem. They all promised Jerusalem — didn’t they? — for years and years. I did it; they didn’t do it. They didn’t do it. I did it. (Applause.) Moved the embassy to Jerusalem, making Jerusalem the capital of Israel. They all talked about it. They talked and talked and talked, and then they got into office, and they didn’t do it.

{snip}

We’re now exporting ventilators to friends and allies, and they’re really thankful. They’re calling, “Can I have ventilators for our country, sir?” “How many do you need?” “Could you send 1,000?” I said, “That’s a lot. The answer is yes.” What we’re doing is incredible. We’re helping other — we’re doing more good well — will with ventilators — because other things, you can make. Gowns and swabs and things, you can make. We’re making them, too. But ventilators are tough. Ventilators are just one part of our historic manufacturing ramp-up.

{snip}

So I have a lot of enemies out there. This may be the last time you’ll see me for a while. A lot of very, very rich enemies, but they are not happy with what I’m doing. But I figure we have one chance to do it, and no other President is going to do what I do. No other President would do a favored nations, a rebate, a buy from other nations at much less cost. Nobody. And there are a lot of unhappy people, and they’re very rich people, and they’re very unhappy.

Here’s my fourth promise to American workers: Beyond our medical supply chains, over the next four years, we will onshore millions of new manufacturing jobs across many other critical sectors that are vital to our national security and prosperity — from electronics to machine tools, to shipping, aerospace, autos, and, of course, to iron and to steel. And we’ll never forget your washers and dryers. Okay?

During eight years of the last administration — (applause) — and, by the way, I have to just tell you this little story. A couple of little stories if you don’t mind. Do you mind?

AUDIENCE: No!

THE PRESIDENT: Okay, because that’s better than the other stuff, right?

No, I was with somebody and they said, “You know, for a dishwasher, we don’t have enough water, sir.” I think the — a lot of people in the audience would understand what I’m saying. They don’t have enough water because they put restrictors on, so you don’t have any water. And I said, “What is that? What is that?”

In most states — I mean, outside of desert areas — we have so much water we don’t know what to do with it, right? A lot of states. Your state does pretty well with the water, right? So they have plenty of water.

So I passed a regulation. I signed a regulation that give the dishwashers much more water. And I was asking today — and that, by the way, includes your washers. You don’t need too much water in your dryers, but it includes your washers.

And I was just saying to your brilliant people that are doing such a good job running your company, I said, “How much impact has that had?” They said, “Unbelievable. It’s been unbelievable.”

Because I had people saying they’d wash their dishes and they would press the button five times. So in the end, they’re probably wasting more water than if they did it once.

So do you notice — the people that make the machines, you know what I’m talking about. We now have the water that you need — instead of stupid, where you have much less water than you need, and you just keep going over and over again. I had people say they’d press the button five times. They didn’t have enough water.

And the same thing with sinks, toilets, and showers. You go into a new home, you turn on the faucet; no water comes out. You turn on the shower — if you’re like me, you can’t wash your beautiful hair properly. (Laughter and applause). You waste 20 minutes longer. “Please come out.” The water — it drips, right? You know what I’m talking — they put restrictors on. I got rid of that. I signed it out. That’s common sense.

So now, when you actually go into a new home and pay a lot of money, you turn on the faucet, and water actually comes out. Isn’t that nice? That was a regulation that was put in by a lot of people that don’t understand life. Because you end up using the same amount of water; you just let it run three times longer. It’s crazy.

And one other thing I did: Remember the old lightbulb? The old lightbulb was so great, and they put it out of business. It was much cheaper, and it had much better light. And you’re all good-looking people, but you look better under the old lightbulb than that horrible, new lightbulb. Right? It cost you a fraction of the cost. Didn’t last as long, but that’s okay. But it cost you a fraction. I reinstituted and opened it up so they can sell both. They can sell the new one if you want it, and they can sell the old one. The old one is doing unbe- — amazing business. Amazing business.

And, you know, the new one is considered “hazardous waste.” When you lose it, you’re supposed to take it down to a — a dump, a specified dump. How many people are going to do that with a lightbulb? “Hey, you know, we lost this lightbulb. Let’s travel 28 miles outside of the city to get rid of it.” (Laughter.) It’s hazardous waste.

So I put the old bulb back in. And you can use the new one; you can use anything. I guess it’s competition. But I particularly like it because I don’t look so orange, so it’s very nice. (Applause.) Very nice. I don’t want to look — I don’t like that look. Never liked it. But it’s a tremendous thing, and it’s having tremendous success.

So they’ll, you know, scoff and say, “Oh, who cares about that.” Very big stuff. You know, these are big things. A lot of people have come up, “Thank you, sir.” They had sinks that didn’t give water. They had showers that didn’t give water. The whole thing. And — and it’s been a great thing. It’s been very popular. And we might as well tell you about it, because people don’t talk about it. But these are things that no other President would be doing. No other President, frankly, would be even thinking about it.

{snip}

And I’ll be signing something very important. Watch over the next week. I think you’ll be very proud of your President. I’m going to be signing something that’s very important over the next, probably, week. And it’ll have a tremendous impact on fairness and trade.

{snip}

As part of this commitment, on Monday, I signed an executive order to prevent government agencies, like the Tennessee Valley Authority, from replacing American workers with cheap foreign labor. There’s a very big utility run by a man that gets $8 million a year. Would anybody in this room like that job? Eight million. Eight million a year, right? Highest-paid — he’s really — he doesn’t work for me; I wouldn’t pay $8 million. If you paid him — the President gets $400- — $450,000. I give up my salary. Nobody ever says that. I might as well, every once in a while, say it. I believe I’m the only President to do that. And I’m saying, “That’s not too smart.”

But the Tennessee Valley Authority pays $8 million a year to the head. And after the Authority laid off 20 percent of its American technology workforce and forced them to train their foreign replacements this week, I told the chairman of the board, “You’re fired.” (Applause.) And the firings will continue unless the layoffs are reversed and the American workers are rehired.

And, by the way, as I was leaving for the great state of Ohio — did you ever watch Biden, where he’s always saying the wrong state? “It’s great to be in Florida. Florida.” “No, it’s Ohio.” I’ve never seen a guy — I haven’t done that one yet; that’s a disaster. I always say — Jim Jordan — if you do that, it’s over, right? You can be Winston Churchill. The speeches is over; you just walk off the stage.

But he does it all the time. Nobody calls him for it. “I love the state of Iowa.” “Sir, sir, it’s Idaho. It’s Idaho.” And the worst is when he’s in, like, Indiana, and he says, “It’s great to be with the people of Florida,” and you have palm trees all over the place. But he does it all the time. There’s something going on.

{snip}

To every worker here at Whirlpool, thank you once again for welcoming us. It’s an honor to be here. And thank you for your commitment to American manufacturing. You’re a great company with great, great people.

Together, we will bring back our jobs, we will bring back our factories, and we will bring back our American Dream. God bless you, and God bless America.

Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. (Applause.)

END 4:25 P.M. EDT
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Trump's Remarks at Whirlpool Corporation Manufacturing Plant; August 6, 2020 (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2020 OP
It's weird how that Thailand thing appears in the WH version soothsayer Aug 2020 #1
I think the White House version is just a rare occasion of them accurately reporting his fuck up. ZZenith Aug 2020 #3
Oh you're right! soothsayer Aug 2020 #4
That much will never change. ZZenith Aug 2020 #5
Nonstop Narcissism Delarage Aug 2020 #2
I wonder if he knows higher-end dryers use water jmowreader Aug 2020 #6

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
1. It's weird how that Thailand thing appears in the WH version
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 09:59 PM
Aug 2020

No wonder he screwed it up. But he’s still stupid.


shifting production to Th-ailand and to Vietnam — Thailand and Vietnam...

ZZenith

(4,109 posts)
3. I think the White House version is just a rare occasion of them accurately reporting his fuck up.
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 10:23 PM
Aug 2020

I doubt it was written that way in his prepared speech, if that’s what you’re alluding to.

Delarage

(2,182 posts)
2. Nonstop Narcissism
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 10:00 PM
Aug 2020

And lies.

And what the hell? 160,000 dead Americans, bounties on our troops, rampant corruption and self-dealling.....but.....don't you think I look better under the old lightbulbs?

jmowreader

(50,451 posts)
6. I wonder if he knows higher-end dryers use water
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 11:13 PM
Aug 2020

Probably not, but I just bought a new washer & dryer and I had to buy a "steam kit" to install the dryer. The steam kit comes with a T-fitting and a hose to feed water into the dryer's on-board boiler.

And I didn't buy Whirlpool, even though Whirlpool makes a solid product. (The last time I bought a laundry pair, it was a Whirlpool.) I got a North Carolina-made Electrolux. The closest Whirlpool to my washer would have cost $1499. Mine cost $1199 and it has far more features.

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