'Corporate greed at its worst': Ohio officials slam GM's move out of an area Trump pledged to revive

[Eugene]

Source: CNBC

'Corporate greed at its worst': Ohio officials slam GM's move out of an area Trump pledged to revive

• General Motors' move to slash production at five facilities could have political implications in swing state Ohio.
• President Donald Trump pledged to revive manufacturing in Lordstown, Ohio, one of the areas where GM plans to lay off workers.
• Democratic and Republican officials in Ohio, including Gov. John Kasich and Sens. Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman, are criticizing GM's decision.

Jacob Pramuk | John W. Schoen
Published 2 Hours Ago Updated 13 Mins Ago

One of the plants where General Motors plans to slash production and lay off workers next year sits in an area that President Donald Trump promised to revive, within a swing state that will help to decide his bid for a second term in the White House.

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The factories, most of which build vehicle models that will not be sold in the U.S. after next year, may not close entirely, depending on United Auto Workers union negotiations. They could end up with different models to build.

Still, the move is a gut punch to one area in Ohio that Trump pledged to boost last year. GM plans to cut as many as 1,600 factory jobs at a Lordstown, Ohio, plant when it winds down production there in March. Last year, Trump — speaking about 20 miles away in Youngstown — said he saw too many empty factories in the area and promised to revive manufacturing there.

"I said, those jobs have left Ohio. They're all coming back. They're all coming back. Don't move, don't sell your house," he said at a rally in July 2017, according to The Columbus Dispatch.

Democratic officials in the state saw a betrayal Monday from both GM and the president, who won Ohio in part on his pledges to renegotiate trade deals and push American companies to make products domestically. The president's opponents will likely seize on the job losses ahead of a pivotal 2020 election, when Trump may need Ohio's 18 electoral votes to win re-election.

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Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/26/sherrod-brown-tim-ryan-slam-trump-and-general-motors-over-restructuring.html

[gratuitous]

1. Uh oh, did Trump's mouth write a check too big for his ass to cash?

Looks like this might be a promise made but not kept contrary to all those signs at Trump's relentless pep rallies.

[Bettie]

2. Trump's Tariffs are working

in exactly the way they were expected to...well, not by him, but by anyone with a functioning brain cell.

Tariffs are useful when targeted (see Obama and the tire industry) as a tool.

Then again, when the lunatic is in charge of the asylum and the attendants (congressional Republicans) are willing to let him do whatever he wants to, what can we expect?

[duforsure]

3. They can't depend on trump for anything

And his tariffs and economic policies are a disaster. Watch as more start moving out of this country, and not just auto's, many others companies will move away too . trumps trying to make this country like putin has done in russia where only the most corrupt prosper, and all others are shaken down for business sweetheart deals or campaign payments or else, or they lost control of their companies from corrupt judges used against them, again like putin has done. They can see its coming too.

[bronxiteforever]

4. "thanks for the tax cut, suckers" says GM!

At least top GM corporate officers got their tax cuts.

[hatrack]

5. Good thing they're not "concerned"; they've only escalated to "frustrated"

From link above:

Republicans took issue with the move, as well. Ohio Gov. John Kasich — another possible Trump challenger — called the move "painful" and said he would work with GM on possible ways to save the plant. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, also said he was "deeply frustrated" with the decision, adding that he has worked and will continue to work with GM to find a way to keep the factory workers employed.

[MyOwnPeace]

6. It's not a simple problem.............

and it will take some brilliant minds and well thought-out planning to fix the problem - something that this mis-administration is woefully lacking.

But, for IQ45 to win votes with this blatant lie:

"I said, those jobs have left Ohio. They're all coming back. They're all coming back. Don't move, don't sell your house," he said at a rally in July 2017, according to The Columbus Dispatch.

I wonder if any of those people that swallowed that might be considering finding a way to exercise their 2nd amendment rights at this point of their figuring out what to do after that grand lie. I'm not saying they should, but their right to do so is something that IQ45 has been working so hard to preserve, well, at least as much as their jobs.............