I got a call from Jim Jordan, one of the great congressmen from Ohio, and he said they're going out of business because South Korea and China are dumping washing machines into our country. And I put a 50% tariff on the washing machines coming in from China and South Korea. And Whirlpool and the companies that made washing machines, which are based in Ohio, largely based in Ohio, went through the roof. We saved thousands of jobs, tens of thousands of jobs. (08:01–08:07)
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Asserts that Trump imposed a 50% tariff on washing machines from China and South Korea.
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