Trump, lying to his supporters (and they cheered)

[left-of-center2012]

I listened today to a few minutes of Trump’s rally in Michigan.

He told the crowd:

“Before I became president, all Japanese cars were made in Japan.
They’d build the cars there, put them on boats to ship to the U.S., and sell them to Americans.

When I became president, I flew to Japan and told them,
from now on you have to build automobile plants in America.
The next day five Japanese auto manufacturing plants opened in Michigan!”

And the crowd roared with approval and “FOUR MORE YEARS!”
……………….
I googled, and found Honda opened the first Japanese auto plant in the U.S. in 1979.
Toyota built their first U.S. plant in 1986.

[spanone]

1. the good news is, only the deplorables believe any of that shit.

[davekriss]

12. The bad news is 2 out of every 5 people...

... are deplorable. They either fell in the deep well of ignorant tribalism and cannot see the light of day, or they personally are making a mint off of their fellow citizens’ misery. Either way, they are deplorable.

[rufus dog]

25. They aren't that stupid

They are that filled with hate.

A HUGE FUCKING DIFFERENCE!!!!!

So when we hear the Dems need to reach out with them, enlighten them, the response has to be BULLSHIT!

[spanone]

26. they are that fucking stupid and full of hate

[rufus dog]

30. I disagree, we can go with willful ignorance

And here is why it is important.

They vast majority knew it was bullshit, but the vast majority are filled with hate and wimps.

So they get a guy to stand up and basically yell, FUCK EVERYTHING ELSE, ESPECIALLY THAT BLACK GUY, YOU CAN THANK ME FOR THAT! YOU CAN THANK ME THAT IT IS ACCEPTABLE TO BE A RACIST ASS IN PUBLIC.

It is not an issue of education, it is much deeper. They are exactly like the NAZI's and the enablers in Germany. If tRUMP started seizing assets of registered Dems, they would cheer. Calling them stupid plays into their hands and will be met with, you are full of shit!!! Do you really think that if you broke them out one on one and asked if foreign automakers had US plants that the majority would get the answer wrong?

They want to belong to a hate club, they crave the support of a large group, and most importantly, they are enemies to all Western Democracies and must be viewed as enemies.

[Delphinus]

2. How in the

everloving fuck can they believe this load of bullshit??!!!

[SergeStorms]

11. They believe everything he says...

they have to, otherwise their complete existence is negated. They believe him because they hate people of color and foreigners. Most of them live in the country, and when I say country I mean waaaaaaasy out in the boondocks. The only POC they see are on the TV. Of course education wasn't on their "list of things to do" either.

[Mariana]

21. It's become a religion. nt.

[bdamomma]

34. they

are a cult.

[alwaysinasnit]

3. Well, 45 does love the "poorly educated."

[Claustrum]

4. And these are easily verifiable lies

He is not even trying to keep some truth in his speeches.

[BannonsLiver]

5. Both my most recent Honda's were built in Ohio

What a dumb fuck

[BKDem]

6. This cannot be true.

He cannot have said this. I know he lies but this is ridiculous.

[demtenjeep]

7. again, he thinks we are that fucking stupid

and some are

[Tribetime]

8. They should be banned from having kids

The Stupid hurts

[Mariana]

22. I think that ship sailed a long time ago.

There are few young people attending these rallies.

[wishstar]

9. Surely most Americans know foreign automakers opened several American plants well over 10 years ago

and he is trying to take credit for things that happened long before he took office.

[davekriss]

14. The first plant opened before 1980

[Blue_true]

15. Closer to 25 years ago. nt

[underpants]

10. The next day

[davekriss]

16. I know, right? Yet they cheered. Scary sad.

[luvs2sing]

13. Honda in Marysville, Ohio.

In 1982, I lived in an apartment complex in Columbus where a lot of my neighbors were Japanese workers at Honda. Every morning, a big van pulled up and they all piled in and went to Marysville, about 45 minutes away. Every evening, they were dropped back off at the complex. I’m not sure they spoke English, and they really didn’t try to socialize with their neighbors. But that was 1982, and the traitor tot had nothing to do with it.

[Celerity]

20. The first was Volkswagen in 1978, the Westmoreland Assembly Plant near New Stanton, Pennsylvania

https://www.goodjobsfirst.org/corporate-subsidy-watch/foreign-auto-plants#:~:text=The%20first%20foreign%20automaker%20to,labor%20unrest%2C%20ended%20in%201988.

[Srkdqltr]

17. They don't listen to what he says. They just react to his tone and the fact that it's him.

Like listening to a preacher. It's the preaching the meaning of the words don't matter.

[Maru Kitteh]

18. Gawd. There were even terrible 80's movies about Japanese auto factories in the US

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gung_Ho_(film)




They are stupider than dog shit, and they don't care what he says.

[Girard442]

19. "They think they're better'n us!"

Well, we're fuck-all better'n that!

[Cha]

23. Maggots are Dumb Fucks.

[Enterstageleft]

24. Subaru has been making cars here for decades

In 2019 they built their 4 millionth vehicle in Lafayette, Indiana.

They employ around 6000 Americans.

tRump needs to STFU!

[left-of-center2012]

27. 1989, according to Google

Lafayette, IN

[madaboutharry]

28. I have owned two Hondas that were made in Ohio.

Trump is an idiot.

[Kablooie]

29. Lies don't matter because they don't affect them personally and it makes them feel good.

They are not interested in reality because reality is confusing, dark and depressing.
Trump tells them fairy tales that make them feel like reality doesn't exist so they can feel good.

That's all they follow him for.
Feel good talk.

They may know it's a lie but it makes no difference because it makes them feel like they are part of the good, winning team and that's all they want from a president.

[WhiteTara]

31. I don't think they really hear the words he says

they just listen to the cadence and keywords. Don't forget he has plants throughout the event to be section cheerleaders. They're already in a stupor and the section leaders scream 4 more years and the followers follow. They get to spew hate and know that their leader is number one hater and it's all good for them.

[Ilsa]

32. Good grief. They had not seen Nissans or Mitsubishis here before 2016?

Donald Deathtoll lies with such ease, and they lap it up. They really are stupid.

BTW, South Korea has been building cars here for a decade or two, and Mercedes opened a plant in the SE somewhere more than four years ago.

[imanamerican63]

33. Toyota and Nissan might have a problem with that lie!

[Baked Potato]

35. Hey Dump! Save the malls!

[jmowreader]

36. Here's the worst part of his claim

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_automotive_assembly_plants_in_the_United_States

Forget the ludicrous suggestion that Trump was able to get the Japanese to complete five auto plants (which take years to build) in Michigan in one day's time. The reality is neither Asian nor European automakers produce cars in Michigan. The closest they came was when Mitsubishi sold rebadged Dodge Dakota pickups, Isuzu sold rebadged Chevrolet compact pickups and Mazda sold rebadged Ford Rangers and Ford Probes.

As to Trump's other claim:

Honda has made cars in Ohio since 1982 (they made Gold Wing motorcycles in this plant from 1979 to 2009, when they moved production of the bike back to Japan.)
Nissan has made cars in Tennessee since 1983 (the Smyrna, Tenn., plant makes 640,000 cars a year, the highest production of any car factory in the US)
Toyota has made cars in Kentucky since 1988 (the Georgetown, Ky, plant is the biggest Toyota factory in the world)
Subaru has made cars in Indiana since 1989 (Subaru has five factories, and the only one not located in Japan is the Lafayette, Ind., plant)
BMW has made cars in South Carolina since 1994 (the Greer, S.C., plant is the biggest BMW factory in the world)
Mercedes has made cars in Alabama since 1997
Hyundai has made cars in Alabama since 2005
Volkswagen has made cars in Tennessee since 2011

It's not that Trump is lying through his teeth on this. Trump lies when it would be easier to tell the truth. It's that this is such an easily proven lie.