In a powerful endorsement of President Trump’s America First economic agenda, Whirlpool CEO Marc Bitzer credited the Trump administration’s tariffs for making possible a massive new $300 million investment in U.S. manufacturing — a clear victory for American workers and a blow to globalist critics who long mocked the tariffs as “bad for business.”
Speaking on Fox Business Network’s *Varney & Co.*, Bitzer explained that Trump’s tariffs on foreign-made appliances gave Whirlpool the fair shot it needed to bring jobs and production back to American soil. The move, he said, allowed his company to invest heavily in its manufacturing facilities in Ohio — a major boost for the U.S. manufacturing base that globalist trade policies had gutted for decades.
“All we want is a level playing field,” Bitzer told host Lydia Hu. “We’re not looking for subsidies or gifts.”
That statement alone highlights the difference between Trump’s pro-worker approach and the left’s obsession with government handouts and corporate welfare. Trump’s tariffs didn’t rely on Washington bailouts or endless subsidies — they simply rebalanced the rules of trade so that American manufacturers could finally compete with China and other low-wage nations.
Bitzer said the results speak for themselves: “In a level playing field, this factory, and all our factories, can compete very well, and that’s what the tariff policy does. And as such, we’re strong and supportive of tariff policy and actually very thankful.”
The Whirlpool CEO’s comments come at a time when critics — particularly Democrats and D.C. think-tank “experts” — continue to peddle the myth that tariffs hurt the economy. Yet Bitzer’s testimony tells a very different story: that when foreign competitors are held accountable for their unfair trade practices, American companies thrive.
When asked if it was truly the tariffs that made this kind of massive reinvestment possible, Bitzer didn’t hesitate. “Yes, absolutely,” he said. “Basically, what the tariff policy does — it makes a business case, an economic business case, just much more attractive.”
He went on to explain that without Trump’s tariffs, Whirlpool’s $300 million investment might never have happened. “Put it differently,” he said, “this big investment, which we announced today, we would have either scaled down or made it later or hesitated. And now this is basically, you know, any investment is a bet for the future.”
Bitzer’s acknowledgment reinforces what Trump supporters have been saying all along: that the administration’s tough stance on trade wasn’t about protectionism — it was about patriotism. It was about restoring America’s ability to build, produce, and compete again.
The results are already visible. Whirlpool’s new Ohio expansion is expected to create hundreds of jobs, revitalize local communities, and strengthen domestic supply chains — all while reducing dependence on foreign manufacturing hubs that have exploited cheap labor and weak environmental standards for decades.
“So yes, our bet is these tariff policies stay,” Bitzer added. “It creates a level playing field, and therefore these economic investments generate a profitable return.”
That’s the essence of Trump’s economic vision: empowering private companies to invest in America because it *makes economic sense* to do so — not because bureaucrats in Washington picked winners and losers.
For years, globalist trade policies hollowed out America’s industrial heartland, shuttered factories, and shipped jobs overseas in the name of “free trade.” Trump changed that by standing up to China, reworking trade deals, and putting American workers first.
Now, CEOs like Marc Bitzer are confirming what millions of Americans already knew — that Trump’s tariffs didn’t destroy jobs; they helped bring them home.
The message from Whirlpool’s success is clear: when America stops playing by globalist rules and starts fighting for its own people, everyone wins — especially the American worker.
