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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGM workers think Trump is not at fault.
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. Dont move, dont sell your house.
That vow collided with the shifting dynamics of the auto industry on Monday when General Motors told workers it was idling Lordstowns 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.
allgood33
(1,584 posts)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.
LuvLoogie
(6,854 posts)and admit they were stupid for voting for trump.
Freethinker65
(9,929 posts)onecaliberal
(32,478 posts)bluestarone
(16,720 posts)Unexplainable!!!! Brain dead assholes i guess!!
roamer65
(36,739 posts)Fuck em.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)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.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)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.)
Bleacher Creature
(11,235 posts)XRubicon
(2,212 posts)I heard that somewhere...
DavidDvorkin
(19,404 posts)What percentage?
LakeSuperiorView
(1,533 posts)msongs
(67,193 posts)muntrv
(14,505 posts)struggle4progress
(118,032 posts)all lies and jest. Still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest"
Hassler
(3,321 posts)llmart
(15,499 posts)RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)This is at best a "both sides" article. I bet most are not on Shitstain's side.