Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump said he is angry at the “incompetent” American leadership and not at countries like India, China, Japan or Vietnam, which he alleged are taking away
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump said he is angry at the “incompetent” American leadership and not at countries like India, China, Japan or Vietnam, which he alleged are taking away jobs from the United States.
“I’m not angry at China. I’m not angry at Mexico. I’m not angry at India or Vietnam, which is hot as a pistol right now, taking a lot of stuff away from us,” Mr Trump said on Monday at a campaign rally in Indiana where a crucial Republican primary was held on Tuesday.
Latest polls show that Mr Trump is leading by 15 points against his nearest GOP rival Texas Senator Ted Cruz, and a win here would propel him near the footsteps of being the presumptive nominee.
In his address, the New York billionaire continued to lash out at the Obama administration for its economic policies, as a result of which, Mr Trump claimed, countries like Japan, India, China and Vietnam are taking away jobs from Americans.
“I’m not angry at Japan. They send cars over by the million. We give them practically nothing. You talk about a trade unbalance. They’re up here. We’re down like below that stage. It’s trade imbalance. I’m not angry at any of them.”
“I’m angry at our leaders for being grossly incompetent and not knowing, right ” the real estate mogul said in his characteristic style amidst a big applause from the audience.
Indiana, he said lost about 15 per cent of its construction jobs.
The city of Indianapolis has lost one third of its manufacturing jobs since 1990, he added.
Mr Trump also claimed that China rebuilt itself from American money and “stripped” the US in the process.
“So think of China, they’ve stripped our country and you know, we owe them $1.8 trillion, right Does anybody know that So they take our jobs, they take our money and we owe them $1.8 trillion. That’s like a magic act in reverse,” Mr Trump said.
“Look at China, we have rebuilt China. They have taken so much money out of our country, they have rebuilt. Look at the trade deficit with China, $500 billion a year, a year. $500 billion, okay ”
“I’ve got the greatest business people in the world. They’re going to go make unbelievable deals for us. We are going to turn it around,” Mr Trump added.
