DC23
09-02-2019, 07:13 PM
Did you read Trump’s claims on Twitter regarding General Motors? It turns out they are completely incorrect.
Here is what Trump said:
"General Motors, which was once the Giant of Detroit, is now one of the smallest auto manufacturers there," Trump tweeted Friday morning. "They moved major plants to China, BEFORE I CAME INTO OFFICE. This was done despite the saving help given them by the USA. Now they should start moving back to America again?"
The Detroit News (https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/general-motors/2019/08/30/trump-slams-gm-us-workforce-shrinks-detroits-smallest-automaker/40049263/) has issued corrections:
“GM sold 2.9 million vehicles in the United States in 2018, outpacing the 2.4 million sold by Ford Motor Co. and the 1.7 million sold by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.
GM has about 100,000 hourly and salaried employees in the United States. Ford has about 85,000 and Fiat Chrysler has about 62,000.
GM, in fact, has not "moved" factories to China. Most of the cars it builds there are for the Chinese market. Only one GM vehicle built in China — the Buick Envision — is sold in the United States.”
Wow. GM employs more people in the US than Ford or Fiat Chrysler, and Trump’s pissed?
What do you think about Trump’s statements here? What do you think people would have said if a past president made these types of unfounded claims?
Here is what Trump said:
"General Motors, which was once the Giant of Detroit, is now one of the smallest auto manufacturers there," Trump tweeted Friday morning. "They moved major plants to China, BEFORE I CAME INTO OFFICE. This was done despite the saving help given them by the USA. Now they should start moving back to America again?"
The Detroit News (https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/general-motors/2019/08/30/trump-slams-gm-us-workforce-shrinks-detroits-smallest-automaker/40049263/) has issued corrections:
“GM sold 2.9 million vehicles in the United States in 2018, outpacing the 2.4 million sold by Ford Motor Co. and the 1.7 million sold by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.
GM has about 100,000 hourly and salaried employees in the United States. Ford has about 85,000 and Fiat Chrysler has about 62,000.
GM, in fact, has not "moved" factories to China. Most of the cars it builds there are for the Chinese market. Only one GM vehicle built in China — the Buick Envision — is sold in the United States.”
Wow. GM employs more people in the US than Ford or Fiat Chrysler, and Trump’s pissed?
What do you think about Trump’s statements here? What do you think people would have said if a past president made these types of unfounded claims?