Trump: Americans should "pay a little bit more" for U.S.-made products to save jobs

Donald Trump again defied Republican orthodoxy during an event in a former factory in New Hampshire on Thursday, declaring that “we’re better off paying a little bit more” for consumer products if it means protecting American jobs.

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“The goods will also be of a higher quality,” Trump added. “We’re known for that.”

The comments came as Trump is building on the proposition that has surpassed immigration as his central campaign theme: that decades of trade pacts have depressed U.S. manufacturing and lowered wages.

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