Trump fabricates bizarre anecdote about an unnamed person who was driving an American car in Beijing

[Miles Archer]

Aaron Rupar
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Trump straight-up fabricates a bizarre anecdote about an unnamed person who was driving an American car in Beijing.

Link to tweet

[underpants]

1. Marking to watch when the little one is in bed

Think of the children!

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

2. United States has been ripped off by everyone.....Including don ivan and his family and friends.

He's just making shit up whole cloth now.

[CanonRay]

3. His audience has proven they will believe anything

[NCTraveler]

4. This is some WWF shit here. Nt

[Totally Tunsie]

5. tRump just doubled down on the doubling.

He claims a Chevy Camero costs $119,000 in China because of tariffs and taxes. Auto News, et al, says it's half that...$58,000.

If just once he'd stick to the facts (rather than the alternative facts) perhaps he could make a valid point, but he's never satisfied unless he can over-hype his information.

[link:https://www.4wheelsnews.com/auto/2017-chevrolet-camaro-china-price-37124.html|

One of the many advantages of buying muscle cars is that they are never perversely expensive. Of course, it won’t be as affordable as the budget cars but they do offer excellent value. A good example of this is the Chevrolet Camaro, which in the U.S., is priced roughly at about $26,000.

However, the same cannot be said of other big markets like China. General Motors just announced that in China, its sixth-generation Camaro will have a starting price of RMB 399,900, which in current exchange rates comes in at about $58,000. That’s right, it is indeed double the U.S. price.

[underpants]

6. Thanks for the info. Was just about to look it up

Well, they guy bought it didn't he?

Here were the top 20 most exported models from U.S. plants to China in 2017:

BMW X5: 52,407
Mercedes-Benz GLE: 40,304
BMW X3: 34,609
Lincoln MKC: 17,753
Mercedes-Benz GLS: 17,420
Mercedes-Benz R-Class: 13,402
Ford Explorer: 12,906
BMW X4: 10,928
BMW X6: 9,027
Tesla Model X: 8,848
Jeep Grand Cherokee: 8,832
Toyota Sienna: 7,460
Ford Mustang: 7,137
Tesla Model S: 5,931
Jeep Wrangler: 5,302
Lincoln Continental: 4,927
Lincoln Navigator: 1,764
Jeep Cherokee: 1,697
Mercedes-Benz GL-Class: 1,061
Chevrolet Camaro: 977


https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2018/04/10/chinese-auto-tariffs-xi-jinping/503470002/