Why The Ceo Of A Made-in-america Clothing Brand Says He Doesn't Need Trump's Help

dgreen@businessinsider.com (Dennis Green), Business Insider
Sun, 04/23/2017 - 7:15am

Facebook/American GiantWhen Trump went to Carrier's Indiana plant in December as president-elect and claimed to have worked a deal to save jobs in America, he hailed it as a win for his "buy American, hire American" mission. Bayard Winthrop, CEO and founder of the clothing brand American Giant, which makes all of its clothing in the US, wasn't impressed. "All the bluster around American-made, and all the s--- around Carrier to me is just like taking a Tylenol when you have a headache," he recently told Business Insider.

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