Donald Trump continues to discover that, during his campaign, promises were easy to make, but during his presidency, they’re much harder to keep. Mexico still hasn’t paid for any wall and Hillary Clinton remains free from prison, after all.
Layoffs for about 4,000 salaried staff at General Motors are due to start Monday — a previously announced move that comes just as Trump prepares to trumpet American manufacturing at the State of the Union. https://t.co/nYr3CHHGsB
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 2, 2019
Trump also made promises to manufacturing employees that he would keep American businesses in America and that he would bring those who moved their businesses overseas to avoid taxes back to the United States. His giant tax cuts for wealthy corporations, however, haven’t worked.
General Motors, one of the largest manufacturing employers in states that elected Trump, will begin laying off employees on Monday. CNN reports:
‘The job cuts and plant closings are part of ongoing cost reductions to free up $6 billion annually to invest in a new generation of autos, such as electric and self-driving vehicles. It is also making a push to develop a ride hailing service that will allow GM to make more money by selling rides to customers rather than vehicles.’
Very disappointed with General Motors and their CEO, Mary Barra, for closing plants in Ohio, Michigan and Maryland. Nothing being closed in Mexico & China. The U.S. saved General Motors, and this is the THANKS we get! We are now looking at cutting all @GM subsidies, including….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2018
….for electric cars. General Motors made a big China bet years ago when they built plants there (and in Mexico) – don’t think that bet is going to pay off. I am here to protect America’s Workers!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2018
Trump has made threats to cut all tax subsidies from GM, causing their stocks to plummet, and vowed to go “very hard” on the company, but all to no avail. One union president, Dave Green, has been writing to Trump since July begging him to step in and prevent the layoffs. According to WKBN in Ohio:
GM layoffs expected to cut more than 4K white-collar workers https://t.co/7OnaWiu1Eg pic.twitter.com/P9FifF590C
— New York Post (@nypost) February 2, 2019
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