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Wed Nov 28, 2018, 07:57 PM

 

GM workers think Trump is not at fault.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/28/business/economy/gm-plant-jobs-trump.html

LORDSTOWN, Ohio — After an election campaign in which he had pledged a manufacturing renaissance, President Trump came to this once-thriving industrial region of northeastern Ohio last year and all but waved a mission-accomplished flag.

The jobs are “all coming back,” he announced. “Don’t move, don’t sell your house.”

That vow collided with the shifting dynamics of the auto industry on Monday when General Motors told workers it was idling Lordstown’s prized Chevrolet factory.

“Some people were crying,” said Joyce Olesky, a 23-year employee of the plant. “I looked over and saw people who looked like they had the flu, turning white.”

Many Lordstown residents recalled that Mr. Trump had promoted steel tariffs and his trade savvy as a way to create jobs. But while critics faulted the president for failing to deliver what he promised, a number of workers were quick to exonerate him.

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Reply GM workers think Trump is not at fault. (Original post)
Le Gaucher Nov 2018 OP
allgood33 Nov 2018 #1
LuvLoogie Nov 2018 #2
Freethinker65 Nov 2018 #3
onecaliberal Nov 2018 #4
bluestarone Nov 2018 #5
roamer65 Nov 2018 #6
gratuitous Nov 2018 #7
NCjack Nov 2018 #8
Bleacher Creature Nov 2018 #9
XRubicon Nov 2018 #10
DavidDvorkin Nov 2018 #11
LakeSuperiorView Nov 2018 #12
msongs Nov 2018 #13
muntrv Nov 2018 #14
struggle4progress Nov 2018 #15
Hassler Nov 2018 #16
llmart Nov 2018 #17
RhodeIslandOne Nov 2018 #18

Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2018, 07:59 PM

1. I guess they don't read or use their guts...

 

GM warned this summer that the trade war instigated by President Donald Trump could force job cuts in the United States. Trump was irate with GM's announcement this week, tweeting on Tuesday that he was "very disappointed" with the company and CEO Mary Barra for idling plants in Ohio, Michigan and Maryland.

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Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2018, 08:01 PM

2. They can't look in the mirror

and admit they were stupid for voting for trump.

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Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2018, 08:01 PM

3. They will sacrifice their livelihoods in order for Trump to enrich himself

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Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2018, 08:06 PM

4. Then gods speed to them. They're getting what they voted for.

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Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2018, 08:09 PM

5. To me this is

Unexplainable!!!! Brain dead assholes i guess!!

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Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2018, 08:11 PM

6. I don't care what happens to the Dump lovers of the bunch.

Fuck ‘em.

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Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2018, 08:13 PM

7. Sing along, friends

We're gonna whip inflation now
We'll all eat crow instead of cow
We'll even starve to death and how
So we can whip inflation now

H/T to Dirty Duck.

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Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2018, 08:16 PM

8. Hang on -- don't sell out !!! Trump is coming back with jobs for everyone !!!

Get your "mission accomplished" flags, beer, and hotdogs ready. Big party when he arrives. (Wow, it's hard to shake free when you are gut-hooked.)

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Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2018, 08:18 PM

9. You can only do so much for some people. They sound like lost causes.

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Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2018, 08:23 PM

10. Elections have consequences.

I heard that somewhere...

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Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2018, 08:51 PM

11. How many is "a number"?

What percentage?

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Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2018, 08:52 PM

12. When you ride a turd, you shouldn't surpised when you get shit on you.

 

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Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2018, 08:55 PM

13. one wonders how many of those people drive japanese branded cars nt

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Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2018, 09:35 PM

14. If they support the Orange Anus, they get what they deserve.

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Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2018, 09:58 PM

15. "I have squandered my resistance for a pocket full of mumbles. Such are promises:

all lies and jest. Still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest"


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Response to struggle4progress (Reply #15)

Wed Nov 28, 2018, 10:01 PM

16. +1

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Response to struggle4progress (Reply #15)

Wed Nov 28, 2018, 11:14 PM

17. Love that song!

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Response to Le Gaucher (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2018, 11:16 PM

18. "a number of workers"

 

This is at best a "both sides" article. I bet most are not on Shitstain's side.

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