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(60,536 posts) Sun Aug 12, 2018, 09:49 AM Aug 2018

Trump: Planned boycott by Harley-Davidson owners 'great' [View all]

Source: The Hill

BY KYLE BALLUCK - 08/12/18 09:10 AM EDT

President Trump early Sunday called a planned boycott by some Harley-Davidson motorcycle owners “great.”

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Some Harley-Davidson owners told The New York Times that the will abandon the Wisconsin-based company if it goes through with plans to shift some production overseas.

Several owners said they planned to stop purchasing motor cycles from the company as a result of its announcement to move some of its production out of the U.S.

The company’s decision was prompted by retaliatory tariffs on motorcycles from the European Union following Trump’s decision to impose steep tariffs on steel and aluminum on the EU and other longtime U.S. allies.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/401434-trump-planned-boycott-by-harley-davidson-owners-great

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Trump: Planned boycott by Harley-Davidson owners 'great' [View all] DonViejo Aug 2018 OP

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2018 #1

That's what I thought. "Yeah, I'm gonna boycott them, just let me buy one more!" George II Aug 2018 #9

Turn in your bikes patriots. Sneederbunk Aug 2018 #14

LMAO--awesome! slumcamper Aug 2018 #41

Great plan mindem Aug 2018 #19

They just won't buy spare parts when the bikes inevitably break down VMA131Marine Aug 2018 #28

. 3Hotdogs Aug 2018 #35

They should go on youtube with their made in China MAGA hats and banners workinclasszero Aug 2018 #37

Remember the keurig coffee makers NastyRiffraff Aug 2018 #43

Great. Glamrock Aug 2018 #2

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2018 #3

Trump just lost Wisconsin in 2020. Eom GusBob Aug 2018 #18

there's always voter suppression pstokely Aug 2018 #42

Trump will win re-election in a landslide. Feel better? John Fante Aug 2018 #57

Well its also a great way to increase you and your families personal wealth. cstanleytech Aug 2018 #33

Loyalty pledges by these bikers, like Trump's marriage vows, are meant to be broken Freethinker65 Aug 2018 #4

Is there something personal here? greymattermom Aug 2018 #5

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2018 #15

To be replaced with a nifty thrifty Honda 50? dembotoz Aug 2018 #6

Well, you do meet the nicest people on a Honda n/t gay texan Aug 2018 #47

Born to be mild? dembotoz Aug 2018 #58

Good one! n/t gay texan Aug 2018 #61

no, more like Jack Daniels drinkers switching to Sake DBoon Aug 2018 #50

Most people who buy motorcycles, especially Harley-Davidson do not BUY motorcycles that frequently. still_one Aug 2018 #7

I bet.. cannabis_flower Aug 2018 #39

You are right, and used Harley's aren't cheap either still_one Aug 2018 #44

What Harley competitors are opening manufacturing plants in US? sinkingfeeling Aug 2018 #8

there are almost NO motorcycle manufacturers in the US lapfog_1 Aug 2018 #16

The real reason is that Harley is going to make electric bikes and small bikes. Too wussy? Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2018 #10

+1. Real men ride a coal-burning Harley-Davidson dalton99a Aug 2018 #12

and clean American coal, at that! kwassa Aug 2018 #56

Go right ahead. You can always buy from that other company that makes their bikes in the U.. Downtown Hound Aug 2018 #11

Harley-Davidsons are already made partly in Japan, Italy, Mexico, China, Australia... TomVilmer Aug 2018 #13

K&R TxVietVet Aug 2018 #23

+1. Foreign parts: dalton99a Aug 2018 #26

ER trauma workers across the country breathe a sigh of relief GusBob Aug 2018 #17

He didn't write that tom_kelly Aug 2018 #20

Yep! All you Harley riding schmucks burn your cycles just to own us libtards! leftofcool Aug 2018 #21

Kinda stupid, I think. TxVietVet Aug 2018 #22

In the 70s the U.S. put sizeable tariffs on Japanese motorcycles to protect Harley-Davidson LastLiberal in PalmSprings Aug 2018 #24

Boy, that was dumb jmowreader Aug 2018 #45

I was about to post, in reponse to post #16, "What about Gold Wings?" mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2018 #51

I think the Japanese changed their tax laws jmowreader Aug 2018 #52

Honda CB750 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2018 #55

Also the Yamaha Seca 750... jmowreader Aug 2018 #60

Bikers for dRumpf switched over to the NK MW 1200. Mc Mike Aug 2018 #25

NK MW 1200? JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2018 #66

North Korean Motor Works-produced substitute for the Harley 1200. Mc Mike Aug 2018 #67

So Harley owners will not buy parts to maintain and repair their bikes? Botany Aug 2018 #27

There's nothing in a Harley you can't buy from 4 other companies jmowreader Aug 2018 #46

But some Harley riders (richer ones) only want H.D. parts in their hogs. Botany Aug 2018 #53

If Cheetolini tells his minions to stop putting HD parts in their bikes... jmowreader Aug 2018 #54

will they put russian parts in their cycles? pstokely Aug 2018 #62

No need. LOTS of companies make Harley parts in the US jmowreader Aug 2018 #63

Everything Trump touches, dies. CanonRay Aug 2018 #29

Harleys can be... wcmagumba Aug 2018 #30

Yes! workinclasszero Aug 2018 #38

I would have loved to have seen moreland01 Aug 2018 #31

lemme know when they start shooting them up like yeti coolers. mopinko Aug 2018 #32

So much winning with trump policies, believe me. pazzyanne Aug 2018 #34

Hey corporate America, how do you like your boy demagogue now? workinclasszero Aug 2018 #36

Most of the Harley owners I know won't boycott Norbert Aug 2018 #40

Why is the Prez of the US politicizing businesses? Against American companies at that! Snellius Aug 2018 #48

All Mr MAGA needs to do is rescind his tarrifs and Harley will stay. Don't these folks iluvtennis Aug 2018 #49

Don't buy Harleys, buy a Kawasaki instead dreamland Aug 2018 #59

This trade war Supernova9 Aug 2018 #64

And Really. . . ProfessorGAC Aug 2018 #65