There have been reports that Trump threatened auto executives with reprisals if prices jump, but he told NBC News that increasing prices would simply help US-based manufacturers.
On Thursday, Trump imposed a blanket 25 percent import tariff on cars and light trucks made outside the United States, due to take effect on April 3.
But otherwise Trump intends for the import levy to be permanent, in order to boost US production and, in his view, save the American auto industry.
Asked by NBC News what his message would be to worried auto executives, Trump said: “The message is ‘congratulations.’”
“If you make your car in the United States, you’re going to make a lot of money.”
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