Standing just blocks from the third-busiest seaport in the country, former President Donald Trump vowed on Tuesday to expand U.S. manufacturing massively and, in turn, exponentially grow U.S. exports if elected in November.
The Republican presidential nominee visited Georgia following a seven-week hiatus from the state in a move to appeal to coastal voters with a message on jobs, economics, and taxes that favored both employers and workers.
“We’re going to launch a historic buildup of American manufacturing muscle and might,” Trump told the roughly 2,500 attendees gathered inside the Johnny Mercer Theater downtown. “Atlanta and Savannah are going to be right in the center of the action. We’re going to rebuild our manufacturing.”
Trump shared a multipronged plan that he touted would stimulate the economy and entice foreign companies to open factories in the United States rather than force the U.S. to import goods from abroad at the current rate.
Trump said that under a second administration, he would further reduce the amount of money that businesses would have to pay the federal government in taxes, from 21% now down to 15%.
Trump lowered the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% through the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, known as the Trump tax cuts.
“Under my plan, American workers will no longer be worried about losing your jobs to foreign nations,” said Trump. “Instead, foreign nations will be worried about losing their jobs to America.”