CNN’s Jake Tapper appears to have found the source of President Donald Trump’s strange suggestion that Japanese auto manufacturers drop bowling balls onto the hoods of cars they’re testing to see if they are quality. During a speech at a fundraiser in Missouri on Wednesday, the president touted the Japanese
CNN’s Jake Tapper appears to have found the source of President Donald Trump’s strange suggestion that Japanese auto manufacturers drop bowling balls onto the hoods of cars they’re testing to see if they are quality.
During a speech at a fundraiser in Missouri on Wednesday, the president touted the Japanese “bowling ball test” when discussing trade.
“It’s the bowling ball test,” he told attendees at the Missouri event. “They take a bowling ball from 20 feet up in the air and drop it on the hood of the car.”
“If the hood dents, the car doesn’t qualify,” he said, before disparaging the “test” as “horrible.
