Transcript - Remarks: Donald Trump Signs a National Manufacturing Day Proclamations - October 6, 2017 | Factba.se

Donald Trump

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Thank you very much. It's an honor to be here with the great men and women of American manufacturing. In a few moments, I will sign a presidential proclamation declaring today National Manufacturing Day.

Donald Trump

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From the founding of our nation, from Washington to Jefferson, from Jackson to McKinley, our nation has long understood that our strength as a country depends upon the strength of our domestic industry.

Donald Trump

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We're all better off when we make, buy, and sell more products made in the USA. And that's what's happening in our country, and you see it. And the levels of enthusiasm are incredible.

Donald Trump

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Today and in coming weeks, manufacturers in all 50 states will hold events to encourage more Americans to pursue a career in high tech and the high-tech world of modern manufacturing. My administration strongly supports that goal, and we've been supporting it for a long time.

Donald Trump

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nd it's really, now, starting to pay off as everybody behind me knows. And that's why I've asked members of my Cabinet to travel across the country, share our message, and meet with the workers. And they're hard workers.

Donald Trump

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We've also already created tens of thousands of new manufacturing jobs. Plants and companies are coming back into our country. You see it with announcements now from automobile companies to every kind of company.

Donald Trump

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They're coming back in and, perhaps, even more importantly, they don't want to leave anymore because they know they're leaving a very good thing. So we're creating thousands more jobs.

Donald Trump

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And if Congress acts on our historic tax cut, the largest in the history of our country, and also tax reform and that framework that we've put forward, it will be even more so.

Donald Trump

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Under the current law, products made in America are taxed at a marginal rate of 35 percent, and really, sometimes much higher than that, putting our manufacturers at a tremendous disadvantage to the manufacturers in other countries.

Donald Trump

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We want to dramatically reduce the tax on American manufacturers so that we can compete and win on the world stage.

Donald Trump

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And I will tell you, the receptivity to what we're proposing is fantastic. We're keeping our companies, and the companies are coming back in. And perhaps, most importantly, we're making our workers happy, and they love to work.

Donald Trump

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So I want to thank everybody for being here. And maybe a couple of folks behind me would want to say a few words. Would you like to say something?

Molly Flax

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Sure. I'd like to thank you, Mr. President, and your administration for taking on 300,000 regulations. It's going to make it easier for us to do our jobs, make us more competitive, and [Inaudible].

Donald Trump

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That's very great. You bring up a very good point. We've cut regulations more than any administration there is. We have -- nobody is even close, and we're talking about in 10 months we've cut more regulations than any President, any administration, and we have a long way to go.

Donald Trump

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We're cutting down so that highways don't take 20 years to build and other things don't take decades and decades and then find out, in many cases after going through the process, that they can't build it anyway. So we've cut regulations more than has ever been cut before. And we are continuing.

Donald Trump

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At the same time, I like regulation. It's fine. We want clean air. We want crystal-clear water. What we want also is we want safety. But there's a point at which we have to take care of our country, and we have to take care of our workers and our companies.

Donald Trump

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So we're very honored, and that's a great point that you bring up with regulations. Thank you very much. Anybody else? Anybody? Yes.

Ingrid Loy

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Thank you so much, one, for having us here. And thank you for all the support that you've been giving to manufacturing.

Ingrid Loy

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According to a recent survey with NAM, two-thirds of manufacturing feel that this tax reform is going to help us hire more people; it's going to help us get more machinery, get more equipment in our factories. And on behalf of my company, and I know all the manufacturing companies, thank you.

Donald Trump

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Thank you very much. That's very nice. That's really nice. Anybody else want to say anything? Anybody? You'll become very famous if you do. [Laughter] Well, I want to thank you all very much.

Jay Timmons

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Mr. President? Mr. President, can I --

Donald Trump

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Yes, Jay. Jay Timmons.

Jay Timmons

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We just released our quarterly survey that we conduct with all 14,000 of our members across the country. This is the third quarter where we've seen record optimism by manufacturers. So the three-quarter average is the highest -- 90 percent -- in the entire 20-year history of our survey.

Jay Timmons

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And, Mr. President, that is because manufacturers are saying that they believe that tax reform, regulatory relief, infrastructure investment are the keys to making sure that the manufacturing sector is growing and strong, and ensuring our exceptional America. So thank you on behalf of all manufacturers for doing exactly that.

Donald Trump

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I knew about the survey. I didn't want to bring it up. [Laughter] They would say I'm braggadocious.

Jay Timmons

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I'll say it again -- 90 percent!

Donald Trump

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Thank you, Jay. That's great. Thank you very much. Okay. So this is our proclamation, and this in honor of our great National Manufacturing Day.

Jay Timmons

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Donald Trump

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And the tremendous success we've been having, especially over the last nine months. There's been a big difference.

Jay Timmons

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We have 3,000 events across the country. You mentioned your Cabinet Secretaries are out --

Donald Trump

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Jay Timmons

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-- celebrating manufacturing with manufacturers and some of these facilities, as well. About 600,000 students and teachers and community leaders will be participating so they can learn all the great things there are to learn about modern manufacturing.

Jay Timmons

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And we're hopeful that many of them will join these fine people in manufacturing.

Donald Trump

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And they will be. It's happening. Thank you very much, Jay. Appreciate it. [Proclamation is Signed]

Donald Trump

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So the big question is: Who gets the pen? What do you think? Should we do it, Jay?

Jay Timmons

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You got a -- you saw a hand outstretched. (Laughter and applause.)

Nathan Myers

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Thank you. [Applause]

Donald Trump

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Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you.

Question

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Mr. President, what did you mean by "calm before the storm"" yesterday? What did you mean by that?"

Donald Trump

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You'll find out.

Question

00:06:48 - 00:06:51 (3 sec)

Do you mean something other than military action, sir?

Donald Trump

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We'll see. Thank you, everybody.