As we’ve already covered, Donald Trump seems to think his own business record is pretty great. (Even if that’s a view that many small business owners don’t share.)

You know what Donald Trump doesn’t think is so great? Making things in America.

His candidacy to “Make America Great Again” has been a fundamentally pessimistic presentation of a litany of reasons why America doesn’t win anymore. And contrary to the collaborative spirit that has been the catalyst for 240 years of American exceptionalism, he’s argued that he alone can fix it.

Drawing particular scorn from Trump have been outsourcers: American companies that send jobs overseas. As Trump has frequently bemoaned on the campaign trail, “The problem with our country is that we don’t make anything anymore.”

In Trump’s view, these Americans who make their products abroad, instead of hiring American workers to do the job, need to take a good, hard look in the mirror.

As a matter of fact, he’s willing to sell them a mirror – a beautiful, classy mirror – from his Trump Home collection, so they can do just that:

Wait, what’s that say down in the description?

Country of Origin: India? Oops.

Well, surely a collection as luxurious as Trump Home has other options for mirrors.

Oh, they're made in China? 

In Trump’s defense, maybe it’s just mirrors that he makes overseas? Umm…

Okay, that’s it. Time for a tour around the world to see where else outside the United States that Donald Trump makes Trump products.

The Trump Signature Collection

Items in the Trump Signature line of clothing and apparel are made in countries from Mexico to Bangladesh. They include: suits, ties, dress shirts, tie clips, cufflinks, sports coats, eyeglasses, and perfume.

Here’s the VP of the company hired to broker the deal for Trump describing Trump’s lack of concern for ensuring the products were made in the U.S.:

“Finding the biggest company with the best practices is what was important to him,” said Jeff Danzer, who was vice president of the company hired by Trump to broker the deal. “Finding a company that made in America was never something that was specified.”

Donald Trump Jewelry

[…] All the Trump tie pins ($22) and tie clips ($28) are labeled as "Made in China," as are the cufflinks ($35 to $45 a pair) and even the boxes containing them.

TRUMP HOME: LUXURY FURNITURE

From a press release put out by the Trump Organization:
Inspired by the world-renowned entrepreneur Donald J. Trump, the Trump Home by Dorya collection is designed to offer the consumer exquisite handcrafted furnishings with high-style and custom quality… Trump Home is a lifestyle brand that is inspired by the luxury, sophistication and elegance of the Trump lifestyle.

More relevant, from that same press release:
The entire production process, from the moment the raw wood is cut until the product is finished or upholstered occurs in Dorya’s Izmir, Turkey production facility.

Trump Home: Light Fixtures and Home Décor

In addition to the mirrors above, the Trump Home collection includes light fixtures and lamps from China, and vases from India.

Trump Home: Crystal Barware

Trump has said he personally visited the Rogaska factories in Slovenia that produced his crystal and glass barware.

And now you have your own collection, with a company based in Slovenia, where your wife is from.
Have you ever been there? That part of the world is just beautiful. I’ve seen factories over there, their glass and crystal works are unbelievable. And this is the top of the top. It did help that Melania is from Slovenia. She’s a big star there right now.

Trump Vodka

Trump Vodka had already touted that it would be “the very best super-premium vodka” even before they found a distillery to produce it. They couldn’t find one in America to make it, and they didn’t exactly find one anywhere else either:

Rene Vriends managed a small distillery in the Netherlands called Wanders. Business was slow, but when he got a chance to get in on Trump Vodka, he said something different. “I introduced myself as the best vodka producer,” Vriends says. “I have a big mouth. I’m just like Donald Trump.” He got the job. “We had a big problem because we didn’t have the tanks for that,” Vriends says. He started producing what he could.

Trump Defends Outsourcing

If outsourcing takes jobs that would otherwise be filled by Americans, and instead sends them to workers overseas, why would any company – especially Trump’s – engage in it?

To answer that question, we turn to the esteemed Chairman of the world-renowned Trump University, Mr. Donald J. Trump:

As Trump says, “employees lose jobs…Americans lose jobs.” But, Trump argues, “that “is not always a terrible thing.” Indeed, people losing their jobs has been pretty good for the Trump brand.

Trump Hotels

One would think it would be difficult to outsource a building, but Trump’s come close.

The Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas was built with Chinese steel, and the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago was built with Chinese aluminum. Thousands of American workers have lost their jobs because they’ve been undercut by China's illegal dumping of cheap steel and aluminum into our markets. It turns out Donald Trump's been buying it.

Trump could have put Americans to work by buying American steel and aluminum. He chose not to.

The Bottom Line: If Donald Trump Wants People to Make Things in America Again, He Should Start by Looking in the Mirror

Trump asks why it is that you can’t find anything that says “Made in America” anymore. But grab a Trump tie or a Trump shirt off the shelf, and you’re likely to find a tag that says “Made in China” or “Made in Bangladesh.”

If Trump truly was the champion of working Americans that he has claimed to be, then he could make his Trump-branded products in America rather than producing them overseas. Surely, someone as rich as he likes to tell us he is could afford to build a few factories and hire American workers to do the job.

The disparity between his record and his rhetoric on outsourcing is evidence that Donald Trump isn’t looking out for you, only himself. It’s a stunning example of hypocrisy – if only it wasn’t exactly what we’d expect from the Master of the Art of the Steal.