Trump Hilariously Calls Toy Firm Mattel a Country
President Donald Trump took aim at the “country” of Mattel, the manufacturer of Barbie dolls and Hot Wheels.
Earlier this week, the company indicated that it would bump up prices because of the president’s 145 percent tariff on most Chinese exports.
When asked about it Thursday, Trump claimed that that was part of a negotiating ploy.
“Mattel, I don’t know. I’m not so sure. They also said—they’re the only country I’ve heard, they said, ‘Well, we’re going to go counter. We’re going to try going someplace else.’ That’s okay,“ Trump said.
“Let him go, and we’ll put a 100 percent tariff on his toys. And he won’t sell one toy in the United States, and that’s their biggest market,” Trump added.
Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz said Tuesday on CNBC that it was unlikely that the company would start manufacturing its products in the United States.
“We don’t see that happening,” Kreiz said on Squawk Box.
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Why is dementia donny still allowed to be in charge? Grandpa needs to be carted into an old folks home, the kind with bars on the windows. And why do magapedes think that it's reasonable that US companies have to negotiate with him to be allowed to sell their products in US? That's some communist bullshit