{"id":32632,"date":"2016-09-16T16:25:08","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T23:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=32632"},"modified":"2017-04-18T17:27:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T00:27:00","slug":"making-china-great-again-trumps-new-hotel-stuffed-with-foreign-made-goods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=32632","title":{"rendered":"Making China Great Again: Trump’s New Hotel Stuffed With Foreign Made Goods"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the start of his campaign Donald Trump has promised to “make America great again.”<\/em> Central to that marketing slogan is his claim that he will bring jobs back to the U.S. from China, Mexico, etc. The hypocrisy of that claim is well established with evidence that his clothing and other products are mostly manufactured in the very countries he attacks.<\/p>\n

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Today Trump invited some of his closest friends to tour his new Washington, DC, hotel in what he called a “soft opening.”<\/em> The press was not on the guest list. However, a photographer from the liberal American Bridge PAC did make it into the swanky digs and documented something that Trump failed to mention. There are numerous furnishings and accessories in the hotel that were made in China and other foreign countries. For instance:<\/p>\n

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The Trump Hotel is filled with items that were made everywhere but America. Here, a lamp made in China. pic.twitter.com\/emyAg8yxLY<\/a><\/p>\n

— American Bridge 21st Century (@American_Bridge) September 16, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n