Sabrina Siddiqui

And that's basically fine by Whirlpool, even though it pays certain tariffs, too.

One remaining trouble spot for Bitzer is the Chinese components, like electronics, displays, and some motors, that would be difficult to make in the U.S.

Whirlpool pays tariffs on those.

But Bitzer says foreign competitors outside of China who plug those same components into finished products before exporting them are off the hook.

The Trump administration's U.S.

trade representative, Jameson Greer, was also at the Whirlpool event.

He told me it's inevitable that some things won't be produced in the U.S.

By reshore, Greer means bringing manufacturing back to the U.S.

from overseas.

Greer points to growth in manufacturing productivity in the U.S., and production has indeed gone up by 2.3% since Trump's return to the White House in January 2025.

But manufacturing jobs are on the decline.

Since the start of Trump 2.0, they've fallen by about 100,000 workers, or roughly 0.6%.

Even Whirlpool, while announcing new jobs in Ohio, cut jobs elsewhere.

Earlier this year, it laid off more than 300 workers in Iowa.

Bitzer told me that that factory was simply losing money.

Most Americans are against Trump's tariffs.

In a recent survey by CNBC, 59% of respondents disapproved of the president's handling of them.

But for voters, the true impact of tariffs could be tough to make out.

And how that factors into their votes this year remains to be seen.

We'll dig into it after the break.