Trump Could Make America Great Again
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Making It Here
by
Making It Here
Sunday ~ August 30, 2016
How many Trump products sold here were made over there? A complete list.
“Because nobody knows the system better than me. … I’m a businessman. These are laws. These are regulations. These are rules. We’re allowed to do it. … I’m the one that knows how to change it.”
Outsourcing: He Was For It 'Fore He Was Agin It
Trump encouraged outsourcing to students of Trump University, the now-defunct program that is under litigation over allegations of fraud. The Trump University saga itself, and the intertwined twitter war Donald has unleashed on the judge in the case - Gonzalo Curiel - is some Hearst era stuff, and not what this page is really about. We only bring it up because, yes, his University, that he is so very proud of, taught courses in Outsourcing, praising the practice as a life saver for successful businesses.
"Fit: As Expected (66%)"
Trump Men's Shirt on Amazon (August, 2016)
"Sending work outside your company is not always a terrible thing. I know that doesn’t make it any easier for people whose jobs have been outsourced overseas, but if a company’s only means of survival is by farming jobs outside its walls, then sometimes it’s a necessary step. The other option might be to close its doors for good.”
The Facts on Trump Apparel
The Donald J. Trump Collection includes ties, suits, dress shirts, eyeglasses and other accessories. Trump shirts are made in China, Bangladesh, Honduras and Vietnam. PolitiFact Virginia found some Trump sport coats made in India. In 2007, a shipping container's manifest showed a Trump men’s shirt shipment was marked as "Made in South Korea." BuzzFeed ordered a suit off Amazon that was listed as both “imported” and “Made in USA” — upon arrival the suit's label read "Made in Indonesia."
Trump Accessories To The Fact
Trump eyeglasses are made in China. Cufflinks and most other accessories do not list the source of manufacturing on Amazon.com.
Feathering The Nest
The Trump Home brand has a wide range of items for the gilded inclinded, including chandeliers, mirrors, bedding, table lamps, cabinets, sofas, barstools, and cocktail tables - all "global luxury" items produced under Trump's Dorya International label. According to Furniture Today, most of his entire collection is made in, and imported from, either Germany or China. According to the trademark registration for the Trump Home brand, other items like picture frames were made in India.
The Absolute Classiest Digs
Many hotel amenities at Trump’s hotels were manufactured overseas and imported. Trump Hotel pens were made in China or Taiwan, and imported into the United States via South Korea. Shampoo, body wash, moisturizers, shower caps, laundry bags, show bags, pet collars, pet leashes and bath towels at Trump hotels are all listed as made in China.
Bottoms Up
Trump Vodka was manufactured at a distillery in Holland, supposedly distilled five times from “European wheat.” We say "was" because the liquor distribution company stopped carrying Trump Vodka in 2010. An Israeli company continued to carry Trump Vodka, although the version sold in Israel is different from the original Trump Vodka. The Trump Vodka produced and sold in Israel was made from ingredients that make it kosher for Passover, which made it a popular beverage around the holidays. But the Jerusalem Post reported that it turned out that not all ingredients actually were kosher for Passover, so there went that.
Bottom Line
Trump’s products are being made in 12 other countries. You heard right. The 'Make It In America' candidate doesn't make anything here, except maybe anchor babies. Trump products are manufactured in China, the Netherlands, Mexico, India, Turkey, Slovenia, Honduras, Germany, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Vietnam and South Korea. In addition, before they show up on places like Donald's head, "Make America Great Again" products transited other countries through packaging and shipping processes - meaning the handling of all Trump's inventory, from all of his product lines, was done along the way by what Trump would probably refer to as "illegal immigrants" from more than 12 countries. #AmericanJobs
We Live In A Global Economy
Let's face it folks, manufacturing is a global process. American companies make products everyday that are made of parts that come from all over the world, depending on who offers the most competitive prices, and that's never going to change. But access to all that cheap labor is also what supports our economy and makes it possible for small businesses to grow faster. The truth is, our economic problems won't simply be solved by deciding not to eat an Oreo cookie because Nabisco found a cheaper place to employ some of its workers. And Trump’s own business practices aren't consistent with his current rhetoric against trade as a presidential nominee. If Trump fans took the same stance against his clothing lines as he did against Nabisco, it is clear those would-be emperors would be left wearing no clothes at all.
Trump Ties
Where Donald Made Them: China
Where Donald Trump Could Have Made Them Instead:
From Denver to Charlotte, here's 25 manufacturers
producing American-made ties.
Boulder, CO | JZ Richards
Denver, CO | Knotty Ties
Fairfield, CT | Just Madras
San Francisco, CA | Blade + Blue
Monterey, CA | Robert Talbott Ties
Annapolis, MD | Starboard Clothing Co.
Detroit, MI | Cyberoptix Ties
St. Louis Park, MN | Pierrepont Hicks Tie Co.
Charlotte, NC | Ole Mason Jar
Mayberry, NC | High Cotton Ties
Pilot Mountain, NC | Brown & Church
Bedford, NY | General Knot
Brooklyn, NY | Brooklyn Tie Company
Brooklyn, NY | Hickoree’s
Buffalo, NY | O’Connell’s Clothing
Long Island City, NY | Brooks Brothers
New York, NY | Collared Greens
New York, NY | Josh Bach
New York, NY | Mountain and Sackett
Ashland, PA | Gitman Bros
Philadelphia, PA | Commonwealth Proper
Rock Hill, SC | The Cordial Churchman
Fort Mill, CA | R. Hanauer Ties
Austin, TX | Fox & Brie Ties
Middlebury, VT | Beau-Ties of Vermont
No Trump Products are Made in the US
Chula Vista, CA | San Diego Frame Manufacturing Company
Pico Rivera, CA | Camely Furniture
Ocala, FL | Brick City Furniture
Berne, IN | Clauser Furniture
Berne, IN | Smith Brothers of Berne
Jasper, IN| Indiana Furniture
Jasper, IN | The Jasper Chair Company
Auburn, ME | Thomas Moser
Portland, ME | Sturbridge Yankee Workshop
Ithaca, MI | Craig Frames
Holland, MI | Holland Bar Stool Company
Zeeland, MI | Herman Miller Store
Minneapolis, MN | Room & Board
Asheboro, NC | Klaussner Furniture Industries
Beaufort, NC | Beaufort Furniture Company
Conover, NC and Hillsville VA | Vanguard Furniture
Trumpism & Leading By Example
Trump hates that China's leaders are so much smarter than ours.
Of course, many people say that Trump is the number one business leader in America. As a leader, one so obsessed with trade and China and levying huge excise taxes, ya think he would have done something about his Bejing tie factory repatriating by now, don't you think?
Of course, many people say that Trump is the number one business leader in America. As a leader, one so obsessed with trade and China and levying huge excise taxes, ya think he would have done something about his Bejing tie factory repatriating by now, don't you think?
Today Donald still has yet to build one manufacturing plant in the U.S.
We know he has the money. So what's with that?
( David Letterman 2012.)
