{"id":1637,"date":"2017-07-18T16:10:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T16:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/07\/18\/trumps-made-in-america-week-already-a-disaster\/"},"modified":"2017-07-18T16:10:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T16:10:00","slug":"trumps-made-in-america-week-already-a-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-made-in-america-week-already-a-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Made in America Week Already A Disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump deemed this “Made in America” week, but that already seems like a distant memory. While it might have been short lived, it did not go well, as Trump’s administration couldn’t defend his Made in America hypocrisy:<\/p>\n

Trump’s “Made in America” week started off as a disaster: <\/strong><\/p>\n

 “Made In America Week enjoyed a nice 8 hour run.”<\/strong> –U.S. News and World Report’s David Catanese<\/a><\/p>\n

“Well, ‘Made in America’ week seems to be off to a good start.”<\/strong> – Five Thirty Eight’s Ben Casselman<\/a><\/p>\n

“So how's everyone's ‘Made in America’ week going so far?”<\/strong> – Politico’s Nick Juliano<\/a><\/p>\n

“Remember Show & Tell in elementary school? That was basically 'Made In America' Day at the White House for President Trump” – <\/strong>Now This News<\/a><\/p>\n

Trump’s administration was not able to defend the hypocrisy of “Made in America” week, when Trump outsources his own products:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“On ‘Made in America Week,’ White House fields questions about what’s not: Trump products<\/strong>” – Yahoo News’ Hunter Walker<\/a><\/p>\n

“’Made in America’ week renews the focus on Trump goods that are manufactured overseas<\/strong>” – NBC News<\/a><\/p>\n

“Trump-branded items notably absent from ‘Made in America’ week event<\/strong>” – CBS News<\/a><\/p>\n

For ‘Made in America’ week, Stephanie Ruhle asks Trump: “Will you practice what you preach,” and sell American-made products at Trump Tower? <\/strong>– MSNBC<\/a><\/p>\n

“Official White House position: companies that outsource production are bad, except Trump companies, which can't find good help around here.”<\/strong> – Toronto Star’s Daniel Dale<\/a><\/p>\n

“’Made in America’ theme week at the White House? Are they kidding?  Their own election wasn't even made in America.” <\/strong>– Former Bush White House ethics chief Richard Painter<\/a><\/p>\n

“Spicer argues against 'Made in America' protectionism – for Trump's businesses” <\/strong>– CNBC’s John Harwood<\/a><\/p>\n

“Spicer says ‘inappropriate’ to discuss the Trump's businesses <\/strong><\/p>\n

“The President has visited & advertised his businesses 54 times as POTUS” <\/strong>– CNBC’s Steve Kopack<\/a><\/p>\n

Trump couldn’t even get out of his own way, cutting programs that help U.S. firms compete abroad, increasing visas for foreign workers used at Trump properties, and using a pen made in China to sign his “Made in America” proclamation (seriously, you can’t make this up):<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Pens used by Pres Trump to sign bills and proclamations such as ‘Made in America,’ partially made in China and assembled in US.”<\/strong> – CBS News’ Mark Knoller<\/a><\/p>\n

“As Trump touts ‘Made in America,’ WH seeks to cut office U.S. firms say helps them compete.<\/strong>” – Washington Post’s Matea Gold and Drew Harwell<\/u><\/p>\n

“DHS will allow more seasonal foreign workers — announced on Trump's ‘made in America’ week kickoff<\/strong>” – CNN’s Tal Kopan and Eli Watkins<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trump deemed this “Made in America” week, but that already seems like a distant memory. While it might have been short lived, it did not go well, as Trump’s administration couldn’t defend his Made in America hypocrisy: Trump’s “Made in America” week started off as a disaster:  “Made In America Week enjoyed a nice 8 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTrump\u2019s Made in America Week Already A Disaster - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-made-in-america-week-already-a-disaster\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-07-18T16:10:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-made-in-america-week-already-a-disaster\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-made-in-america-week-already-a-disaster\/\",\"name\":\"Trump\u2019s Made in America Week Already A Disaster - 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