Off to Carrier’s Plant for Victory Lap Trump Says ‘They Will Sell Many Air Conditioners!’ They Make Furnaces.
Trump’s Taking a Victory Tour of Indiana Plant Which Got Big Tax Breaks for Sending Half Its Jobs to Mexico
Increasingly under fire, first for a flailing transition team then for “draining the swamp” by pouring its contents into his administration, Donald Trump desperately needed a win. He has promised to save the jobs at Carrier’s Indiana plant and spent the Thanksgiving holiday talking to Carrier’s management to eek out a win. (More likely, it was Indiana governor and the vice president-elect, Mike Pence, who did the work.)
Trump doesn’t want you to know:
– Taxpayer-funded corporate welfare
– Half the jobs still going to Mexico
– Only happened b/c Pence is Gov https://t.co/wZV7D7orUp— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) December 1, 2016
Trump on Thanksgiving took to Twitter to announce he was working hard to save their jobs, even on the holiday.
I am working hard, even on Thanksgiving, trying to get Carrier A.C. Company to stay in the U.S. (Indiana). MAKING PROGRESS – Will know soon!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 24, 2016
Then he announced success – Carrier agreed, he said, to keep the jobs in Indiana.Â
In reality, Carrier says it will keep “close to” 1000 jobs in the Indianapolis plant, but 1000+ jobs will, in fact, go to Mexico.
The exact details of the deal are unknown, but it involved big tax breaks, which Indiana Governor Mike Pence likely arranged.
This sets an unsustainable precedent —Businesses will all threaten to ship jobs overseas to get special tax breaks. https://t.co/HURkRgFHhI
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 1, 2016
Trump’s been doing his usual self-promoton, via Twitter:
Big day on Thursday for Indiana and the great workers of that wonderful state.We will keep our companies and jobs in the U.S. Thanks Carrier
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 30, 2016
I will be going to Indiana on Thursday to make a major announcement concerning Carrier A.C. staying in Indianapolis. Great deal for workers!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 30, 2016
Trump on Wednesday posted a tweet exposing just how little he knows about the people he’s about to meet and the jobs he saved.
Look forward to going to Indiana tomorrow in order to be with the great workers of Carrier. They will sell many air conditioners!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 1, 2016
They make gas-powered furnaces.
Trump’s such a great deal maker he doesn’t even know the first thing about the business, the people – or the jobs he’s supposedly working to save.
And just remember: When President Obama saved the entire U.S. auto industry, Republicans attacked him as a socialist meddling in the free market. Â
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Image by Gage Skidmore via Flickr and a CC license
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