https://trumpstruth.org/statuses/41398
Let all Canadian Companies that are doing business with America move to the United States, immediately. Many of them are Companies that moved out years ago due to stupid U.S. Leadership. When you move back, there are no TARIFFS! President DONALD J. TRUMP
The relevant info for the companies is “If manufacture in America, you won’t have to pay the tariff”, the alternative, literal interpretation you insist he means, but is lying about, “If companies manufacture in America, we will stop tariffing Canada” is nonsensical enough that anyone who is neurotypical would immediately understand only the first meaning. This isn’t one of the many examples of ‘the peace president’ who started a war with Iran lying, this is just you being intentionally or unintentionally obtuse.
Except even that statement would likely not be true unless all of your materials can be sourced domestically within the US.
As there are few countries without tariffs in the US, moving your manufacturing there would actually increase the amount of tariffs you are paying instead of reducing. No matter which way you look at it, his statement is incorrect and as the other commenter noted, it’s either on purpose to mislead his base, or simply the result of his lack of understanding of how tariffs actually work.
I guess I hold politicians to a higher (still very low) standard than you. That’s on me.