He Xiaopeng, the CEO of XPeng Motors, predicts a “bloodbath” against America’s auto industry with the help of cheap China-made electric vehicles (EVs).
Over the weekend, former President Donald Trump was campaigning in Vandalia, Ohio, when he warned that without fierce new United States tariffs on China-made EVs, the American auto industry will face “a bloodbath for the country” with jobs lost and industry offshored. [emphasis, links added]:
“We’re going to put a 100 percent tariff on every single car that comes across the line and you’re not going to be able to sell those cars if I get elected,” Trump said.
“Now if I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a bloodbath for the whole – that’s gonna be the least of it. It’s going to be a bloodbath for the country. That will be the least of it. But they’re not going to sell those cars. They’re building massive factories.”
Trump’s remark mimicked comments made by Xiaopeng in a letter to XPeng employees obtained by CNBC last month.
Xiaopeng suggested that “a bloodbath” is coming for the American auto industry this year.
China seeks to deliver a “brutal knockout round” against its Western competitors, including the U.S., in the global EV market, Xiaopeng said.
CNBC reported:
“This year also marks the beginning of a fierce competition that may end in a ‘bloodbath’ (or as I prefer to call it, the brutal ‘knockout round’) among Chinese auto makers,” Xiaopeng wrote in the employee memo. [Emphasis added]
“XPeng has engaged in this cutthroat competition right from the outset, thus accumulating considerable experience. Our guts, grit and perseverance, I firmly believe, will lead us to victory.” [Emphasis added]
As Breitbart News reported, the corporate media and President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign were quick to jump on Trump’s remarks and characterize them as a warning of political violence if he does not win this year’s election.
The Democrats and the media lie constantly about what Pres Trump says.
They twist his phrases and sarcasm and tell the public he said something he did not.
When Trump said there will be a bloodbath if Biden wins, he was talking about the auto industry and he’s RIGHT! https://t.co/ktLlxfL905
— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) March 17, 2024
“This is who Donald Trump is: a loser who gets beat by over 7 million votes and then instead of appealing to a wider mainstream audience doubles down on his threats of political violence,” Biden campaign spokesman James Singer said.
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“Speak softly and carry a big stick” Trump is inviting China to hack the election. Big Mouth doesn’t know better.