Sarah Gonzalez

It took 35 people to make like a men's button up dress shirt.

That's what I see.

Of course, there's like, you know, the do-gooder factories.

But for the most part, it doesn't matter how expensive the clothes is.

If it costs, if it's a t-shirt that costs $120 or a t-shirt that costs $20, the workers who worked on both of those shirts likely got 20 cents to work on it either way.

You know, it's like knowledge ruins everything.

I'm Sarah Gonzalez.

Today's show was edited by Marianne McCune and fact-checked by Sierra Juarez, who also helped with research.

It was produced by Willa Rubin with help from Emma Peasley and engineered by Robert Rodriguez.

Alex Goldmark is our executive producer.

Also, super, super extra special thanks to Sheng Liu, who really helped us understand why the garment industry exists in the U.S.

at all and what it looks like.

This is Planet Money from NPR.

We are one year into President Donald Trump's second term, and some things are really different this time around.

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David has been doing the near impossible task of following every new business and business deal and financial transaction that Trump and his family have made this past year and in the first term.

And he's noticed this shift.

And it's not just foreign hotel deals or other investments from abroad.

It's crypto, merch, President Trump's social media platform that he makes official White House announcements on.