Eat My Shorts, Foreign Parts! Ford's American Dream Machine is a Global Frankenstein!

Cowabunga It's Complicated!

Alright dudes and dudettes Bart Simpson here bringing you the real dirt. So this fancy 2025 Ford Expedition rolls off the line in Kentucky right? All American workers stars and stripes waving... or so you'd think! Turns out this baby's got more foreign bits than Milhouse has allergies. We're talking at least 58% made outside the good ol' US of A! Whoa Mama!

Trump's Tariff Tantrum

Old man Trump's been throwing tariffs around like Principal Skinner throwing detention slips trying to get these car companies to build everything here. But even with those tariffs it's still cheaper to get some stuff made in Mexico. Talk about a major league bummer! I thought tariffs were supposed to fix everything... Doh!

The Cost of Being All American: A Real Kick in the Pants!

Ford's CEO Jim Farley says making everything in the US would jack up the price of a Ford faster than you can say 'Eat my shorts!' He says if every Ford costs $50,000 they're gonna be in trouble. It's like trying to sell Krusty Burgers for caviar prices – nobody's gonna buy it! What a load of barnacles!

20,000 Parts and a Whole Lotta Countries

Get this a car has like 20,000 parts! And those parts come from anywhere between 50 and 120 different countries! The Ford F 150 which is sorta like the Expedition's cousin has about 2,700 main parts. It's a global free for all out there! I bet even Maggie's pacifier has traveled more than I have.

Tax Breaks and Broken Dreams

Some brainiacs suggest tax breaks to make all American cars cheaper. But even then making a 100% American car is like trying to teach Grandpa Simpson to use the internet – it's gonna be expensive and probably won't work! This is worse than the time I tried to sell soul glow wigs at school.

The Verdict: Reality Bites!

So can you build a 100% American car? Experts say not really at least not without charging a fortune and taking forever. Maybe a super fancy low volume car like a Ferrari could pull it off but for the rest of us it's more realistic to aim for around 75% American parts. Even that's gonna cost a fortune. In other words don't have a cow man it's just not gonna happen. Unless of course I become President... then watch out!