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I sat down with @President Donald J Trump on @Fox News tonight and he discusses why he’s maintaining a 100% tariff on Chinese cars, a massive new Boeing deal, and the future of manufacturing on U.S. soil.

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Welcome back to Beijing. Mr. President, thanks for the time. Thank you. You know, you've said that this summit is a success, as you get ready to head back to Washington, what's the most significant specific thing you walk away from here for the U.S.? I think the most important thing is relationship. It's all about relationship. I have a very good relationship with President Xi and with China. And it sounds like something that doesn't mean anything but it's everything in deal making and problems. We've solved the two of us have solved a lot of problems between that somebody else would have maybe done very badly with. We've solved a lot of problems over the years. We have a very good relationship. Trade has been very strong or getting a lot of soybeans for our farmers. We're doing a lot of, there's a lot of things happening with, for the farmers. He committed to 200 bowings, big ones, 777s and 737s and a lot of big, big ones, big beautiful bowing planes. 200, that's a lot. With a commitment that if they do a good job, and I told this to Boeing and General Electric, we're going to go to the General Electric engines, which agreed. If they do a good job, we could go up to 750. And that's obviously a lot of investment going back and forth. You know, some Democrats, even some Republicans, had some concerns about Chinese manufacturing on U.S. soil. Is that happening? Well, if they don't want to pay tariffs, it could happen, just like it's happening with other countries and companies. We have now more money being invested in the United States than any country at any time in the history of the world, including China, which probably is second from about 10 years ago. We have $18 trillion in 11 months, not the 12th month hasn't come in yet, the numbers. We have $18 trillion. If China wants to come in and wants to avoid tariffs, if they build here, for the most part, they're going to be hiring American people. If they want to avoid tariffs, they're going to build in the United States. The Americans are about China operating inside the West. Look, we have Japan is building massive Toyota Honda, all of them. I mean, they're building massive plants all over the country. So if China wants to build for their cars, now I will tell you, I put 100% tariff on Chinese cars because I didn't want them coming into the country. If you take only because they swamp you, they'll destroy your auto industry, and that's what's happening in Europe. And now they're saying, we have to do a little bit like Donald Trump. Europe is being killed. They're being absolutely swamped by hundreds of thousands, millions of Chinese cars and Mercedes and BMW and Volkswagen. They're getting killed. So if you notice, we haven't had that problem. You know why? Because I have 100% tariff on cars made in China. And even though the Supreme Court ruling, you're going to still continue that tariff. The ruling was just on a specific type of tariff. And you're going to different route. Correct. I have the right to do the same tariff in, frankly, a little bit more complex way, but it's actually a better tariff. It's actually a more stringent tariff.