The question isn't whether Trump lied about John Deere, tariff threats, and production in Mexico. Rather, the question is why he lied.

Farm equipment maker Deere & Co. said it isn’t abandoning a plan to move some production to Mexico from the U.S., countering former President Donald Trump’s claim Tuesday that he persuaded the company

Oct 13 (Reuters) - Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump on Sunday suggested he could impose tariffs higher than 200% on vehicles imported from Mexico, saying his aim would be to prevent the selling of cars from Mexico into the United States.

The former president and current GOP nominee told the Economic Club of Chicago that the Moline-based ag-equipment maker changed course in response to his threats.

The company behind John Deere farm equipment publicly refuted a claim from former President Donald Trump on Tuesday The post John Deere Publicly Refutes Trump’s Claim His Tariff Threats Stopped Their Mexico Plans first appeared on Mediaite.

When former President Donald Trump was challenged at a Tuesday event about the potential economic harms of his proposal for across-the-board tariffs on imported goods, Trump told what sounded like a tariff success story.