{"id":1006312,"date":"2019-09-05T17:57:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T17:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1006312"},"modified":"2019-09-05T17:57:40","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T17:57:40","slug":"tbt-trump-said-gm-would-build-in-the-u-s-again-it-laid-off-14000-workers-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/tbt-trump-said-gm-would-build-in-the-u-s-again-it-laid-off-14000-workers-instead\/","title":{"rendered":"#TBT: Trump Said GM Would Build In The U.S. Again — It Laid Off 14,000 Workers Instead"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today, Trump will meet with General Motors CEO Mary Barra, where he will likely falsely try to take credit for the company planning to build in the U.S. again. How do we know? Because that\u2019s exactly what happened after the last time they met.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After Trump previously met with GM\u2019s CEO, he said GM was planning to build in the U.S. because of him.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Trump<\/span><\/a>: \u201cCall Mary Barra, head of General Motors. You could call Fiat. You know, you could call Fiat. You could call\u2014we had that meeting. They\u2019re all talking about building in the United States because of me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Does that mean Trump will take credit for the 14,000 GM jobs lost and 5 GM plants that are closing?<\/b><\/p>\n

New York Daily News<\/span><\/a>: \u201cThe manufacturing motor President Trump vowed to jump start in the nation\u2019s heartland sputtered and stalled Monday when General Motors announced it would cut as many as 14,000 jobs and possibly more \u2014 many of them based in the Midwest. The iconic auto manufacturer, which oversees production of Chevrolet, Cadillac and Buick, is targeting five plants for possible closure as part of the massive downsizing \u2014 just months after it warned that Trump\u2019s tough talk on tariffs could lead to \u2018fewer jobs.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today, Trump will meet with General Motors CEO Mary Barra, where he will likely falsely try to take credit for the company planning to build in the U.S. again. How do we know? 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