President Trump addressing his cabinet on Tuesday

At a White House Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, President Donald Trump said his policies, including tariffs, are the reason domestic auto production is up.

Yes, production appears to be slightly higher, but Trump wildly exaggerated the figures. He’s not even close.

“Domestic auto production is up 18,000 cars a month, and we haven’t even started yet because a lot of these plants aren’t built,” Trump told Cabinet members in a public meeting. “It’s up 18,000 because Ford, General Motors, and a couple of others — Stellantis — are taking their existing plants and, as quickly as they can, adding onto them.”

Eighteen thousand a month?

Sam Fiorani, vice president of Global Vehicle Forecasting at AutoForecast Solutions, told the Detroit Free Pres

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