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WATCH: Are Americans willing to pay more for items made in the USA?
Americans from all over the country are still coming to terms with President Donald Trumps tariffs on imports, though many are acknowledging that theyre willing to pay more for American products.Fox News Digital spoke to everyday Americans in Washington, D.C., New York City, Knoxville, Tennessee, and other major U.S. cities to find out if theyd be willing to pay more for American products or go with less to allow for Trumps tariffs to reset Americas trade deals throughout the world. Many of those interviewed said yes."Oh, 100%. I don't like to spend money and buy goods outside the USA because I'm also then supporting child labor and forced labor conditions that are unethical, normally," Lyndsey from Birmingham, Michigan, said when asked if shed spend more on products made in America.THESE COMPANIES HAVE ANNOUNCED THEIR INTENTION TO INCREASE US MANUFACTURING AMID TRUMP'S FIRST 100 DAYSOther Americans gave similar answers to the question."Yeah, absolutely," Joe from Boston said. "You know, I mean, I'm pro-conservative, so anything that's going to build the economy here in America, yes, I would."Zharko in Michigan told Fox, "Absolutely, because we make the best. We just, nobody realized that. And it's about time."Ray in New York City said hed pay more for American-made, so long as "its a higher quality than I can get somewhere else."Mark, who was visiting D.C., told Fox, "Absolutely. We've talked about it a lot, and I think it's a temporary pain for good pay-off in the future, I think."WATCH: ENGLISH IS AMERICAS OFFICIAL LANGUAGE. BUT, IS IT TRANSLATING FOR EVERYONE?However, D.C. resident Tamara said she liked the idea in principle, but disagreed with it because Trump has been promoting it."I am pro-America. I do like made-in-American products. But considering today's climate and where it's coming from, I'm not really a fan," she said.Bill, a Republican voter visiting D.C., disagreed with the idea of paying more for American-made, telling Fox, "I think that's not a good policy. I mean, if America's going to compete with the rest of the world, it's got to compete on prices. I'm all for free markets."Fox also asked these people what they thought of Trumps recent statement that kids may have to deal with having less toys because of his reciprocal tariffs on Chinese goods. Trump told reporters last weekend, "All Im saying is that a young lady, a 10-year-old girl, 9-year-old girl, 15-year-old girl, doesnt need 37 dolls."He also told NBC News anchor Kristen Welker in a recent interview, "I dont think that a beautiful baby girl needs thats 11 years old needs to have 30 dolls. I think they can have three dolls or four dolls because what we were doing with China was just unbelievable."CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREThe interview subjects were more mixed in their answers to this question. Knoxville resident Jay said, "I would agree. I think today's society has a sense of entitlement, and I think that's where he's really going with that. Like, instead of having multiple things that you really don't need, you can do with less, and we can teach our kids to do with less maybe."Lyndsey from Birmingham agreed, saying, "I 100% agree with that. I think we need to be a less consumeristic style society and more of an organic, back-to-nature society where we're buying back from our farmers, we're getting everything locally sourced, and we're kind of building back a better community of just keeping things, the goods and services within a small community of places."Sergio, a Mexican man living in Tennessee, agreed with Trumps statements, but turned them around on the president, saying, "It's true, we don't need so many, but at the same time, Trump doesn't need so many millions, and he has a lot of millions. So why he doesn't give up some of those millions?"Tamara in D.C. didnt like Trumps point."It's funny that he's the party of freedom, but he wants to tell us how we are to spend for our children, and I just don't think that's right," she said.Bill in D.C. criticized Trumps doll example, stating, "It's not going to just affect dolls. It's going to affect prices of all kinds. So, I don't think that that's probably the best analogy."
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