Trump: Harley-Davidson's Decision To Manufacture Overseas Isn't My Fault

[DonViejo]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is denying that his trade policy is responsible for Harley-Davidson’s decision to shift some motorcycle production overseas.

The company says it’s doing so because of tariffs it’s facing in a trade dispute between the U.S. and the European Union. But Trump says that’s an excuse.

Trump says in tweets Tuesday that the company had already announced it was closing a Kansas City plant. Union officials have said those jobs are going to Thailand. Harley-Davidson has denied that.

Says Trump: “That was long before Tariffs were announced. Hence, they were just using Tariffs/Trade War as an excuse. Shows how unbalanced & unfair trade is, but we will fix it ….”

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[duforsure]

1. He lied to them

And this is about demanding loyalty to him , and make payments to him to not be attacked and undermined as a business. No businesses will stand for these tactics , so more will be moving to escape his putin like tactics used against them. No surprise, he's doing this with other areas also, loyalty or he'll destroy them.

[Botany]

2. May 26, 2016 Trump, "We're going to win so much, you're going to be so sick and tired of winning."

“We’re going to win. We’re going to win so much. We’re going to win at trade, we’re going to win at the border. We’re going to win so much, you’re going to be so sick and tired of winning, you’re going to come to me and go ‘Please, please, we can’t win anymore.’ You’ve heard this one. You’ll say ‘Please, Mr. President, we beg you sir, we don’t want to win anymore. It’s too much. It’s not fair to everybody else.’” Trump said. “And I’m going to say ‘I’m sorry, but we’re going to keep winning, winning, winning, We’re going to make America great again.”

Trump lied to them end of story. Harley took Trump's tax cut and used it to buy back stock and
now they are moving overseas in order to avoid Trump's unneeded tariffs.

[lark]

3. Idiot orange assface.

Like he knows more about HD than they do themselves, the lying blowhard. He caused this but he will never take responsibility for a single thing he does, NEVER. His ass lips or tiny fingers were moving, so its automatically 100% a lie.

edited to remove typo

[GoCubsGo]

4. Nothing is ever his fault, is it?

I cannot believe people still believe his bullshit.

[Snellius]

5. They really don't care whether he lies or not

That's what the press never seems to get. They still think that truth and reality matter to the people who support Trump. No amount of fact checked will make any difference to those who know the earth is flat. They don't believe what's true. It's true because they believe it.

[Freethinker65]

6. And the Media will let Trump have it both ways

When a company stays and expands and it has nothing to do with Trump, they will allow Trump to take credit. When the stock market is up for whatever reason, they will allow Trump to take credit.

When companies shut down,or move overseas, Trump will be silent or insist his policies had nothing to do with it (this may, or may not, be the case...but no one will investigate or check) and Trump will be allowed to get away with it. Just like the current stock market decline which IS the result of Trump's arbitrary changing tariff proposals. Trump is currently silent on his influence in the stock market, but he will return to take credit if/when it recovers.

[Gothmog]

7. Kiss Nov. elections goodbye: Wall Street Journal rips into Trump for driving Harley jobs to Europe

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