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Trump frames tariffs and regulatory rollbacks as engine of auto comeback
Summary
At GM’s Milford site, President Trump reiterated 25% tariffs on foreign vehicles and said his administration repealed an 'endangerment finding' and rolled back CAFE standards, arguing those moves lower consumer costs and spur U.S. production.
President Donald J. Trump used his speech at General Motors’ Milford Proving Ground to make a policy case for higher tariffs and deregulatory actions aimed at the auto industry.
"If you make your truck or your car in a foreign country, you have to pay for the privilege of sending it into our market," Trump said, describing a 25% tariff on foreign trucks and automobiles and contrasting that with zero tariffs for vehicles built in the U.S. He also said he "approved the single largest deregulatory action in American history, repealing what is known as the endangerment finding," and asserted the action would save families "an average of almost $3,000 on new cars, SUVs, and trucks."
The president framed these measures as designed to reshape the economic incentives for automakers, encouraging production and jobs to return to U.S. factories. The transcript records these policy claims and numerical assertions as remarks by the president; it does not include supporting legislative language or independent verification of the projected consumer savings.
