In a pointed rebuke of major technology firms, US President Donald Trump accused some of the country’s largest tech companies of exploiting American freedoms while outsourcing jobs and minimising taxes overseas.

“Many of our largest tech companies have reaped the blessings of American freedom,” Trump said, “while building their factories in China, hiring workers in India, and slashing profits in Ireland.”

He argued that while these corporations enjoy the benefits of the American system, they simultaneously silence voices at home. “All the while, they’ve dismissed and even censored their fellow citizens right here in the United States,” he claimed.

Trump made it clear that such practices would no longer be tolerated under his leadership. “Under President Trump, those days are over,” he declared, drawing applause from the crowd. “And you know that. Everybody knows that. Everyone in this room certainly does.”