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turbinetree

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Mon Feb 16, 2026, 11:04 AM 7 hrs ago

'Make America Great' billionaire slammed as he moves to offshore factory jobs to China

By Travis Gettys
Published February 16, 2026 10:09 AM ET

One of Donald Trump's earliest Wall Street backers is planning to move his Ohio manufacturing operation to China — and workers are calling on the president to save their jobs.

Workers are furious at hedge fund billionaire John Paulson — who has publicly praised Trump's tariffs as necessary to protect domestic manufacturing jobs — after he told union officials he intended to offshore most of the work at Conn Selmer by June, reported The Guardian.

“To go publicly on CNBC to support the Trump administration’s positive views on tariffs and all that stuff, and then you turn around and [say you] want to go send the work right over to China,” said Robert Hines, president of UAW Local 2359 and a worker at the plant. “It’s a slap in our face.”

https://www.rawstory.com/make-america-great/

Again, how many of the member's voted for the POS traitor........... .........and there owner Paulson seems like a really nice guy..........you know hedge fund owner...............always looking out for workers that are cheap and under a communist ruler party................

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'Make America Great' billionaire slammed as he moves to offshore factory jobs to China (Original Post) turbinetree 7 hrs ago OP
"It's a slap in our face." lapfog_1 7 hrs ago #1
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