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In reply to the discussion: One GM Plant Closing in the US Means Very Little to the Company [View all]duforsure
(11,884 posts)15. trumps threats will only make more businesses reject him
And all the horrible policies causing them to lose billions. They can see his threats now as another reason to pull out of this country if the KGOP won't stop this now. He can't be trusted for anything he says, and he'll do this to further hurt them unless they serve only him. This will not end well with trump in control , and for the kgop people supporting him.
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Five are closing, and that means a hell of a lot to the people who are working there.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Nov 2018
#1
Don't forget impacts to the parts distributors, logistics, local restaurants, gas stations, etc.
TheBlackAdder
Nov 2018
#20
I think the protestations in the thread are more about the impact to the workers
BumRushDaShow
Nov 2018
#18
I think after Detroit went bust, auto companies started shifting their paradigm of production
ProudLib72
Nov 2018
#23
Who is arguing, from the perspective of the company, this is the end of the world?
LanternWaste
Nov 2018
#34
I love how Trump claims to be anti-global - but keeps saying "they're coming back"
hexola
Nov 2018
#7
The damn fool talks about globalization as evil, but he has businesses all over the globe. The guy
RKP5637
Nov 2018
#11
Try telling the 14,000 or so people losing their jobs how "very little" it means.
WillowTree
Nov 2018
#8
Thanks for sharing corporate logic with us. What's one plant closing in the US anyway? It's of...
brush
Nov 2018
#17
Warren Ohio will be devestated...there are not many jobs and now there will be fewer...so can we
Demsrule86
Nov 2018
#24
Probably not in Warren itself, no; people will need to move closer in to Youngstown or Pittsburgh
Recursion
Nov 2018
#28
Off subject a bit, but the rise in Health Care jobs is often hospice, home-care type jobs
libdem4life
Nov 2018
#31
Youngstown is 15 minutes from Warren...and Pittsburgh is over an hour over some of the worst
Demsrule86
Nov 2018
#36
Not every person can be a nurse or whatever...did you miss the part where I told you one of our
Demsrule86
Nov 2018
#40
Isn't this the deal that The Cretin was "demanding" that they stay in the US?
libdem4life
Nov 2018
#29
What amazes me is that his brand is global, yet he seems to understand nothing about
ProudLib72
Nov 2018
#32