White House says 104% tariff on China will take effect Wednesday

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21. He brought up the "bowling ball test" nonsense again today

Almost exactly seven years ago, Trump appeared at a fundraiser and described gimmicks that, according to the president, Japan used to deny U.S. auto companies access to its consumers.

“It’s called ‘the bowling ball test,’” the president said. “Do you know what that is? That’s where they take a bowling ball from 20 feet up in the air and they drop it on the hood of the car. And if the hood dents, then the car doesn’t qualify. Well, guess what, the roof dented a little bit, and they said, ‘Nope, this car doesn’t qualify.’ It’s horrible, the way we’re treated. It’s horrible.”

Soon after, when reporters asked the White House what in the world he was talking about, then-press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said, “Obviously, he’s joking.”


https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-cars-bowling-balls-japanese-imports-rcna200221