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MAGA billionaire who opposed offshoring is offshoring 150 Ohio jobs to China

Ellsworth Toohey
Feb 17, 2026
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“We can’t have American producers closing American factories and offshoring,” hedge fund billionaire John Paulson told CNBC in September 2024. “We need to protect American jobs and protect American manufacturing.”

Paulson is now closing the Eastlake, Ohio plant of Conn-Selmer — America’s biggest maker of band and orche…

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