Trump vows to 'steal' jobs from other countries in winding speech on economic plans

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Former President Donald Trump said economic policies he would enact in a second term would create an environment to "steal" manufacturing jobs that have moved overseas through tax cuts and tariffs.

In a winding speech in front of about 2,500 raucous supporters in the Johnny Mercer Theatre in Savannah on Tuesday, Trump shared his ideas for a "manufacturing renaissance" that he says would bring millions of jobs back to the U.S. from overseas.

"With the vision I'm outlining today, not only will we stop our businesses from leaving for foreign lands, but under my leadership, we're going to take other countries' jobs," he said. "Did you ever hear that expression before? Have you ever heard that we're going to take other countries' jobs? It's never been stated before. We're going to take their factories — and we had it really rocking four years ago — we're going to bring thousands and thousands of businesses and trillions of dollars in wealth back to the good ole' USA."

Trump called for lowering the corporate tax rate from 21% to 15% for "those who make their product in the USA," continued a push for "substantial tariffs" on imported goods and proposed special manufacturing zones on federal land "with ultra low taxes and regulations for American producers."

"We're going to use our resources to our benefit," Trump said, also touting fewer environmental regulations around manufacturing. "And it'll be clean and environmentally perfect so that American — and Americans can manufacture everything that we need, the resources we have right here, American soil. It's got everything: it's got the rare earth, it's got the oil, it's got the gas. We have everything — the only thing we don't have is smart people leading our