Trump’s media company has reportedly moved jobs to Mexico amid Trump’s pledge to impose tariffs on companies that outsource jobs

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Donald Trump social media platform Truth Social, reportedly outsourced jobs to Mexicodespite the former president threatening to impose tariffs on companies that do the same.

ProPublica published a report over the weekend saying Trump Media, the company that runs Truth Social, hired workers from Mexico “to write code and perform other technical duties.”

ProPublica journalists Robert Fatureci, Justin Elliott, And Alex Mirjeski wrote: “The firm’s use of workers in Mexico was confirmed by a Trump Media spokesperson,” adding: “The reliance on foreign labor was met with outrage among the company’s own employees, who accused its leadership of betraying its ‘America First’ ideals.” “

“Both as president and during his campaign for a second term, Trump criticized companies that ship jobs overseas, especially to Mexico. If elected, he promised to “stop outsourcing” and “punish” companies that send jobs overseas,” the report said.

ProPublica cited examples of Trump calling out companies outsourcing to Mexico.

“I just John Deere Notice right now, if you do this, we will impose a 200 percent tariff on everything you want to sell to the United States,” Trump said.

He issued a similar threat to automakers making cars in Mexico, demanding that they hire American workers and produce cars domestically.

“I won’t let them build a factory right overseas,” Trump promised, “and sell millions of cars to the United States and continue to destroy Detroit.”

In response, ProPublica quoted an unnamed spokesperson:

A Trump Media spokesman said the company uses “two separate employees” in Mexico. “Painting the fact that (Trump Media) works with exactly two specialized contractors in Mexico as some kind of sensational scandal is just the latest in a long line of defamatory conspiracy theories concocted by the serial fabricators at ProPublica,” the spokesperson said.

Last month, ProPublica reported on a whistleblower letter from Trump Media employees calling on the board to fire the CEO and former Republican congressman. Devin Nunes. The letter accused Nunes of “severe” mismanagement of the company and violating “America First” principles, according to the report.