Again and again on the campaign trail, Donald Trump made promises he couldn’t keep, playing on the ignorance of his base and revealing his own glaring misunderstanding of policy. The GOP candidate repeatedly vowed to strongarm companies into keeping jobs at home instead of sending them to Mexico, renegotiate NAFTA and impose stiff import taxes on foreign goods. It was a message that appealed widely to Trump supporters, blending the illusion of economic hope with the rubric of “America First” nationalism.
Problem is, nothing about Trump’s vision has anything to do with reality, and U.S. jobs continue to be sent across the border. As
Bloomberg reports:
Illinois Tool Works Inc. will close an auto-parts plant in Mazon, Illinois, this month and head to Ciudad Juarez. Triumph Group Inc. is reducing the Spokane, Washington, workforce that makes fiber-composite parts for Boeing Co. aircraft and moving production to Zacatecas and Baja California. TE Connectivity Ltd. is shuttering a pressure-sensor plant in Pennsauken, New Jersey, in favor of a facility in Hermosillo.
Take a pill, man. We know that President Trump did prevent thousands of jobs from going overseas, and that the tax legislation now being debated will keep many, many more jobs from leaving. Clearly, there is more work to do and it is being done. The fact that you didn't hit the game winning home run your first time at bat doesn't mean you lost the game; it just means there's more work to do.
What jobs, what companies did Trump prevent from going away. Please list them, then list all the jobs that continue to leave
Please, take your head out of your ass. You know very well what jobs he saved and if you are able to understand the news you know many corporate leaders have suspended plan to move jobs until they see if the President can deliver of his tax reforms and his intention to renegotiate NAFTA.
Which corporate leaders do you speak of, and be specific
What have you doing the past 4 months, playing with your coloring book and eating play doh?
Jan 17, 2017 // 12:11pm |
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President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly vowed to put pressure on American companies that outsource jobs or manufacture products destined for the U.S. market abroad.
So far, Trump has been good on his word.
On Tuesday, several companies announced billions of dollars in new U.S. manufacturing investments and plans to create thousands of new jobs.
General Motors
revealed a $1 billion investment in U.S. factories, moving some production from Mexico to Michigan.
Hyundai
announced that its subsidiaries, including the Hyundai and Kia brands, have allocated more than $3 billion for supporting their factories in Georgia and Alabama.
Walmart, already the nation's largest private employer,
touted a plan to create approximately 10,000 jobs in the U.S. this year.
German chemical giant Bayer AG
promised billions of dollars in research and development spending in the U.S., and committed to creating 3,000 new jobs, if its planned merger with Monsanto receives the necessary regulatory approvals to proceed.