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Trump says U.S. does not make TV sets anymore

Posted at 10:20 PM, Mar 19, 2016
and last updated 2016-03-20 17:54:00-04

That T.V. you own? It probably wasn't made in the United States, according to Donald Trump.

While rallying in Tucson on Saturday, the New York businessman claimed that he cannot buy television sets in the United States because they don't make them here. 

"I order thousands and thousands of television sets a year, they come from South Korea...they don't make them here anymore."

"I order thousands and thousands of television sets a year, they come from South Korea, I'd like to order them from here, they don't make them in the United States," Trump said. "Remember Sylvania, General Electric? They don't make them here anymore."

Trump made the same claim last month while in Virginia Beach.

PolitiFact truth-checked his statement and found no television sets on the market that have a "Made in the USA" label on them. 

Samsung and LG are South Korean. Sony is Japanese. The three companies make up about half of the flat-screen television market. 

In fact, 99 percent of televisions sold here could be made and assembled in Asia. 

PolitiFact rated Trump's claim as true

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