Trump Said That He Buys Chinese Products Because They Are Cheaper.KING: “Do you know your wife sells a jewelry line on QVC?” TRUMP: “That's true. And you know what else -- can I give you--” KING: “Do you know every piece of jewelry -- every piece of jewelry is made in China?” TRUMP: “Can I tell you what else? I build my buildings, unfortunately, because companies can't compete because they manipulate their currency. So China makes jewelry and they make curtain walls and they make lots of other things and it shouldn't be that way, John. We should be making it.”KING: “People will ask, is this guy a hypocrite? He's out there beating up on the Chinese and his wife is making money selling products made in China.” TRUMP: “Because of the fact that China manipulates their currency. And they really manipulate it big league. And our people aren't smart enough to know what's going on. When I order curtain walls for a big beautiful building, when I order other things, you know what happened with the sheetrock, because the good news is we make better products than they make in China. But when I order -- can I talk? When I order various elements for building a big building, many of them come from China. Many other industries, the same thing. These -- it comes from China. You know why? Because they manipulate the hell out of their currency.” [John King USA, CNN, 4/27/11] • Trump Said He Often Can’t Buy American Products Because No One Makes Them In The U.S. TRUMP: “When I order curtain walls, when I order other things -- I order thousands of television sets for a building, thousands. I said, ‘Let's buy it from the United States. I want America. I want United States.’ There's no place that makes them. We don't have television companies in this country. I mean, of any consequence. So, I end up getting LGs made in South Korea, thousands of them. Now, why -- excuse me, why aren't we -- why aren't we making them in this country? Why?” [John King USA, CNN, 4/27/11] TRUMP ON THE ISSUES AGRICULTURE TRUMP SUPPORTED ETHANOL SUBSIDIES AND THE RENEWABLE FUEL STANDARD Donald Trump Affirmed His Support For The Renewable Fuel Standard After Touring The POET Biorefining Plant In Gowrie, Iowa Which Produced Ethanol. “Before attending the rally in Fort Dodge, Trump stopped at the POET Biorefining plant in Gowrie to tour the plant and discuss the renewable fuel standard with plant leadership and the co-chairs of America’s Renewable Energy. Iowa is the nation’s leading ethanol producer, and the Gowrie plant is designed to produce 69 million gallons of ethanol annually, according to its website. That meeting was closed to the public, but afterward, Trump took two questions from a group of about 35 people who had been invited to a closed event. There, Trump affirmed his support of the renewable fuel standard. ‘I just want to tell you, you have my support,’ he said. ‘I’m with you.’” [Des Moines Register, 12/13/15] Donald Trump Said Ted Cruz’s Opposition To Ethanol Subsidies Was “Anti-Iowa” Sand Said, “I Understand It, Oil Pays Him A Lot Of Money. He's Got To Be For Oil, Right?" “[Donald Trump] spent more time on Friday poking Cruz for opposing ethanol subsidies, which are widely popular there. Independent groups there are beginning to spend money against Cruz for his position, which Trump told a questioner was ‘anti-Iowa.’ Cruz says Confidential Page 77