Trump threatens GM over Ohio plans: 'They better damn well open a new plant there'

[riversedge]

Trump threatens GM over Ohio plans: 'They better damn well open a new plant there'

President Donald Trump tells The Wall Street Journal that he warned GM CEO Mary Barra that her company was "playing around with the wrong person."
Trump also says that he told Barra on Sunday night that GM should open a new plant in Ohio, saying, "They better damn well open a new plant there very quickly."
GM plans to cease operations at plants in Ohio, Michigan, Maryland and Ontario by next year — and to cut back production at two other plants, as well — and cut its work force by 15 percent.

Kevin Breuninger


Published 3 Hours Ago Updated 21 Mins Ago CNBC.com




Trump threatens GM over Ohio plans: 'They better damn well open a new plant there'


https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/26/trump-threatens-gm-over-ohio-they-better-damn-well-open-a-new-plant.html?recirc=taboolainternal

President Donald Trump tells The Wall Street Journal that he warned GM CEO Mary Barra that her company was "playing around with the wrong person."
Trump also says that he told Barra on Sunday night that GM should open a new plant in Ohio, saying, "They better damn well open a new plant there very quickly."
GM plans to cease operations at plants in Ohio, Michigan, Maryland and Ontario by next year — and to cut back production at two other plants, as well — and cut its work force by 15 percent.

Kevin Breuninger


Published 3 Hours Ago Updated 21 Mins Ago



President Donald Trump on Monday tore into General Motors for its newly announced plan to halt production at multiple plants in the U.S. and Canada, telling reporters that he warned GM CEO Mary Barra that her company was "playing around with the wrong person."

GM's plan to cease operations at plants in Ohio, Michigan, Maryland and Ontario by next year — and to cut back production at two other plants, as well — will cost up to $3.8 billion and shrink the Detroit-based carmaker by more than 14,000 jobs, or about 15 percent of its salaried staff.



Trump told The Wall Street Journal in an interview Monday that he spoke with Barra on Sunday night to discuss the downsizing plan. He told her that GM should stop making cars in China and open a new plant in Ohio to replace the ones being closed.

"They better damn well open a new plant there very quickly," Trump told the Journal. "I love Ohio," Trump said. "I told them, 'you're playing around with the wrong person,'" he added, according to the newspaper.

Trump continued: "I said, 'I heard you're closing your plant,'" he recalled from his conversation with Barra. "'It's not going to be closed for long, I hope, Mary, because if it is you have a problem.'".....................................................

[vlyons]

1. or else you'll do what, Donny?

nt

[saidsimplesimon]

2. GM sticks thumbs in ears, I can't hear you.

[Ohiogal]

3. Oh, so now Trump gets to tell private business what to do?

What the F--- does he mean by "you're playing around with the wrong person"? When did he become CEO of GM? "The'd better open a new plant there very quickly"? Does he have any idea how much it costs to build a new plant? "You're going to have a problem, Mary." What's he going to do? Send some goons out to her house and rough her up? Put a horses' head in her bed?

There's absolutely nothing he can do about this, as much as he thinks he can bully business around. He is a complete fool.

I see those magical tax cuts you gave big businesses really helped, eh, Donnie? Really "trickled the wealth" down to the little guy, huh.

What a total buffoon. I always think I can't imagine ever hating him more, but every day .... I do.

[roamer65]

4. GM isn't going to ship cars from China, Dumb ass, Don.

Passenger car sales are dropping like a rock. They simply aren’t making the cars anymore.

They are making the smart business decision to try to avoid multiple bankruptcies like you, dipshit.

[Historic NY]

5. His tariffs cost GM over a billion dollars...

imagine telling a private company what to do, he didn't do it with ford.

[riversedge]

8. The tariff story gets lost most of the time.

[Andy823]

12. Exactly

The whole thing is trump and his "tariffs". He is make things worse everyday those tariffs are in effect, but he won't stop because he is convinced "he is the ONLY one that is right."

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. The bankruptcy king lecturing people on business

[libdem4life]

7. She's a woman ... ever heard him talk like this to a male CEO?

Didn't think so. Going Dowwwwwwwwwwwwwn.

[MineralMan]

9. Or else Trump will fall to the floor and kick his legs and move his arms

about randomly while he screams and cries. A Trump Tantrum!

[SweetieD]

10. And yet Trump supporters call dems communist.

[smirkymonkey]

11. Ooooo! Big tough guy!

Do you think he'd ever speak to Putin that way? What a joke he is!