If the goal is to remove M-B, VW and BMW from American streets

[RB TexLa]

Will there be confiscations? Will the owners of the cars have to salute the American flag as the military takes their cars away? Will there be any compensation for their cars?

[dameatball]

1. Never gonna happen. Of course, I never thought Trump would happen.....soooooo

[SidDithers]

2. What's he going to do about American-made VWs, BMWs and MBs?...

All three have manufacturing facilities in the US.

Sid

[Voltaire2]

3. Unlikely that these tariffs will happen.

Plus as others have noted all of them have us factories.

And anyway tarrifs never apply to stuff already imported.

But yes Trump would like something like that. Special exemptions for certified Republicans of course.

[SCantiGOP]

4. In South Carolina

We have manufacturing plants for BMW (their largest in the world); Mercedes Benz; and Volvo, which is a Swedish run company owned by a Chinese firm. Plus, there are suppliers in 40 of the 46 counties, as well as hundreds of suppliers in other states.
The idea of "American" or "foreign" cars is ridiculous, and exists only to continue fooling the Trump votes into thinking he is protecting their jobs.

[workinclasszero]

8. Yup

Mercedes-Benz Vans plant expansion to open ahead of schedule
Wednesday, November 15th 2017, 6:54 pm CDT By Sydney Ryan, Anchor/Reporter

LADSON, SC (WCSC) -
The Mercedes-Benz Vans plant in Ladson is planning to open its doors ahead of schedule.

They announced on Wednesday that the expanded plant would be ready for business in less than a year.

The plant opened in 1999, and officials announced a $500 million expansion project to more than double its size in 2015.

Once the plant is fully operational, it plans to hire 1300 employees to manufacture an estimated 40,000 vans annually.

http://www.live5news.com/story/36855225/mercedes-benz-vans-plant-expansion-to-open-ahead-of-schedule

[Initech]

5. What's he gonna replace it with?

Chrysler may be on the chopping block and Ford is dumping most of its' product line, and we all know how much the GOP utterly despises GM because reasons. So what's the alternative?

[Beartracks]

6. Trump Cars!

[Initech]

7. Oh god could you imagine Trump narrating a GPS?

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"So get on the eastbound 10 freeway... and by the way, how great were the election returns that I got 306 votes? OK... next exit at Del Mar Blvd.... oh by the way, the Democrats really need to exit this whole Russia investigation. There was no collusion! Make a right onto E. 64th St... lock her up!"

[Ohiogal]

10. That is hilarious, Initech

You should write comedy for a living!

[malaise]

19. DUzy

[hardluck]

23. Probably would look like this

[DarthDem]

14. Ford

Isn't dumping most of its product line, it's refocusing on new SUVs and trucks as well as the Mustang. Not at all the same thing. Loved your Chump GPS, though.

[greymattermom]

9. The next superbowl is at Mercedes-Benz stadium.

Time to start a campaign to boycott the NFL?

[Ohiogal]

12. I'm really surprised

He hasn't tried to put his name on a sports stadium somewhere.

[OldHippieChick]

13. Geez. Don't say that too loudly. I'm sure that's something

he's trying to figure out w/out having to spend a dime. Concocting who he's going to bribe or bully. My $ is on Jerry Jones just now for spilling the beans about the bullying. Watch out Dallas!

[dameatball]

15. That's what I was thinking about the chopper they rode to Camp David.

[NutmegYankee]

11. They can have my VW when they pry it from my cold dead hands!

[dameatball]

16. Good one!

[tammywammy]

22. I just purchased a 2018 VW Tiguan.

Traded in my 2009 Tiguan.

[dameatball]

17. If Porsches are banned only criminals will have porsches.

[Blue_true]

24. LOL. Fast and shifty criminals to boot. nt

[sarisataka]

18. Leaving practicality of such a move aside for the moment

I believe it would be a violation of the 4th and 5th amendments.

On the other hand I have had DUers tell me it is perfectly legal to outlaw items and then confiscate private property banned by that law without any compensation.

[Elwood P Dowd]

20. Oh Lord Want You Buy Me

A Mercedes Benz.....

[RockRaven]

21. When Donald was a younger man, he had a Mercedes...

One of his financial disclosure forms from his early casino days is a matter of public record and it is listed as an asset along with a trust fund and a bank account.

At the time he was basically a typical rich New York trust fund baby -- and not even a remarkably rich one (within that rich-by-average-American-standard subset). He desperately wanted to be accepted and respected by the financial and social elite, and he never was. He was ALWAYS a joke to them, and nothing he ever tried changed that. He hasn't gotten over it, and won't ever.