Trump's big trade talking point has been that cars get shipped into the US, they aren't made here.

That's the foundation of his 'trade imbalance', it's been his pet 'trade' talking point forever.

Japan's big 3 automakers builds more cars in U.S. than Detroit does.

3.85 million: units produced in 2015
417,699: units exported from the U.S. in 2015
$45.4 billion: cumulative investment in the past 40 years
87,788: direct employees (including manufacturing, R&D, office and other)
60,640: manufacturing employees
375,143: dealership employees
462,931: total employees (including dealerships)
26: manufacturing plants
36: R&D facilities
17: states with a Japanese auto facility


Three out of four Japanese-branded cars and trucks are already manufactured here.

Trump is not like a smart guy, …he's a dunce.

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/06/01/japans-big-3-automakers-built-more-cars-in-u-s.html