If he is re-elected as US President, Donald Trump also wants to lure German car manufacturers to the USA with tax promises. If they don't produce in the country, he threatens high import tariffs.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wants to encourage German and other companies to move to the USA if he wins the election. “I want German car companies to become American car companies,” he said during a campaign appearance in the hotly contested state of Georgia. “I want them to build their factories here.”
In special economic zones, for example, corporations should receive “the lowest taxes, the lowest energy costs, the lowest regulatory burden and free access to the best and largest market in the world.” However, on the condition that they produced in the USA and employed Americans. If companies decide against it, Trump wants them to pay high import tariffs. An industry ambassador should convince foreign companies around the world to relocate to the USA.
Some German car manufacturers have been manufacturing in the USA for decades: BMW in South Carolina, Mercedes in Alabama and VW in Tennessee. The Republican had already threatened import tariffs.
Trump: Scholz builds new ones every week Coal-fired power plants
Trump also repeated his false claim that Germany had returned to building coal-fired power plants after a failed phase-out of fossil fuels. “Germany tried, but then they replaced Angela with someone else, and this other person is now building a coal-fired power plant in Germany every week,” said Trump, referring to former Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and her successor Olaf Scholz (SPD). .
The right-wing populist referred to Germany as a negative example of a policy that his Democratic opponent Kamala Harris is also pursuing. Companies are “fleeing” the USA because of their climate and environmental policies to curb global warming, Trump said.
Trump has made similar statements several times in the past – including during the TV duel against Harris a few weeks ago. The Foreign Office responded to this on Platform X and wrote: “Whether you like it or not: the German energy system is fully functional, with more than 50 percent renewable energy.” Shut down coal and nuclear power plants instead of building them. “Coal will be off the grid by 2038 at the latest.”
