2026-09-12
President Trump said on Friday that he would be open to allowing Chinese automakers to build manufacturing plants in the United States. He made the comment during an interview with Fox News's Laura Ingraham, quoting himself as saying, "If China wanted to come in and open a plant to build their cars here, I'd be OK with it."
Both center and right outlets report the same basic statement from Trump with little variation in tone. The Hill's center coverage adds context that American automakers oppose the idea, framing it as a notable policy shift against domestic industry pushback. The Washington Examiner's right-leaning coverage instead emphasizes a condition Trump reportedly attached, that Chinese-built plants would need to employ American workers, and reiterates his broader stance against Chinese-made car imports, framing the statement as consistent with a protectionist trade posture rather than a departure from it.
Frames Trump's openness to Chinese automakers building U.S. plants as a move made despite objections from American car manufacturers.
President Trump said Friday he would permit Chinese automakers to move manufacturing to the U.S. over the protest of American automakers. “If China wanted to come in and open a plant to build their cars here, I’d be OK with it,” the president told Fox News’s Laura Ingraham on “The Ingraham Angle.”…
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