Trump Gets Stunning Phone
Call Last Night
How long did it take Donald Trump to
keep jobs in the United States? Not very long at all, if a stunning
phone call Trump just received is any indication. In fact, he didn’t even have
to be inaugurated.
On his Facebook page Friday morning,
Trump announced to the world that, after a phone call with Ford Motor Company
Chairman Bill Ford, he was assured that one of Ford’s major production lines
would be staying in the good old U.S.-of-A.
“Received a call last night — from my
friend Bill Ford, Chairman of Ford, who advised me that he will be keeping the
Lincoln plant in Kentucky — no Mexico,” Trump announced via his Facebook page.
Trump’s announcement came after a
contentious relationship on the campaign trail between the president-elect and
America’s second-biggest car company, especially over keeping jobs in the
United States.
The most recent scuffle between Trump and the automaker came after Ford announced in September
that it would be moving small car assembly across the border to Mexico.
When the plant was first proposed, Trump
had said, “Our dishonest politicians and the special interests that
control them are laughing in the face of all American citizens. When I am
president, we will strongly enforce trade rules against unfair foreign
subsidies, and impose countervailing duties to prevent egregious instances of
outsourcing.”
He also had proposed a 35 percent tariff
on cars built with outsourced labor. “It used to be cars were made in
Flint, and you couldn’t drink the water in Mexico. Now the cars are made in
Mexico and you can’t drink the water in Flint,” Trump joked after the announcement.
Many of Trump’s surprise wins on
Election Day — particularly in industrial states like Ohio, Wisconsin and
Michigan (well, once all the votes are counted in that last one) — were
credited to his strong commitment to keeping jobs in America. It seems like
Ford has listened.
http://conservativetribune.com/stunning-phone-call/
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