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Trump takes aim at Toyota over Mexico plans
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ultratruman
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I wonder how many members of Trump family were shorting Toyota.
uncredited male
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I wonder who will be the first to call his bluff.
paperboywriter
Member
2000 jobs. 2000.
Its all for show.
Its all for show.
yeah lets see him really go through with taxing these companies.
Netherscourge
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I guess these US Toyota plants aren't good enough?
What if Toyota threatens to close ALL those plants and take all those US jobs outside the country instead? Trump better watch his step.
BTW - those look like mostly RED STATES. The GoP might be a little ticked off about Trump's threats.
What if Toyota threatens to close ALL those plants and take all those US jobs outside the country instead? Trump better watch his step.
BTW - those look like mostly RED STATES. The GoP might be a little ticked off about Trump's threats.
SlickShoesRUCrazy
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His supporters will have no where to bitch but to themselves in the mirror.
this is what they wanted.
Same goes for all the fucktards that don't realize their healthcare provided by the ACA is going to get fucked.
They don't need to. Most people won't know that they also already announced more factories in the US so when they respond that they're already planning on expanding in the US Trump will take credit for it. It's literally a classic con.
Exactly. Just watch for their response and for Trump to take credit for something they had planned years in advance.
Frozenprince
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Toyota and other Japanese manufacturers are the only auto manufacturing output of any real note and surplus in the US anymore.
Plus, you know, they aren't American companies so maybe don't fuck with companies stock prices and speculate on shit when you're PRESIDENT and they don't operate in America on a corporate level.
Plus, you know, they aren't American companies so maybe don't fuck with companies stock prices and speculate on shit when you're PRESIDENT and they don't operate in America on a corporate level.
This is really not being said enough. Trump can basically manipulate the stock market at this point and nobody fucking cares.
doesn't matter where they're from - they want to sell cars to Americans, which gives him leverage.
bobbychalkers
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Provided that shit isn't irrevocably fucked these next few decades, I can't want to read history textbooks on Trump's presidency.
QuantumBro
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Why is Toyota producing cars in Mexico just to ship them to Japan? Surely the shipping costs have to be more than the savings.
sankt-Antonio
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That's exactly what China does though,with great success.
Want to sell a car there either pay hefty import tax or build a plant there (and prop up a Chinese company while your at it).
Edit. That's a shitty think to do I might ad.
Want to sell a car there either pay hefty import tax or build a plant there (and prop up a Chinese company while your at it).
Edit. That's a shitty think to do I might ad.
PepsimanVsJoe
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Eh...no thanks.
I already know enough about that fuckhead. I just hope the country...no...the world can survive his presidency.
Someone in Russia is making boatloads of money right now
Until he fucks with some foreign country which in return threatens tariffs on American companies.
Trade war here we come
Toyota is a Japanese car company with the vast majority of their production coming out of Japan and other countries, not the US.
They have 6 plants in the US and many more elsewhere, with 35 or so in Japan.
Does everyone want all the imports to be 35% more expensive than fords and chevys in similar segments?
That's all that this is going to accomplish. It will likely hurt the auto industry as a whole which will also hurt the big 3 (decrease parts production globally, thus driving up the price of parts, further increasing prices and decreasing sales for the big 3 included).
They have 6 plants in the US and many more elsewhere, with 35 or so in Japan.
Does everyone want all the imports to be 35% more expensive than fords and chevys in similar segments?
That's all that this is going to accomplish. It will likely hurt the auto industry as a whole which will also hurt the big 3 (decrease parts production globally, thus driving up the price of parts, further increasing prices and decreasing sales for the big 3 included).
Maybe the car is more popular in Mexico? It's not like they aren't already building a ton of cars in the US.
Also, what's with the assumption that Mexicans don't buy cars?
sankt-Antonio
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Cost. The reason BMW has a plant in Mexico for their US models too.
Alebrije
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Labor cost, government benefits , lighter environment regulations.
Randolph Freelander
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Just let me know when we have to start hanging pictures of Trump in our living rooms. I expect that law to be passed soon after inauguration.
wumster3000
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No, no, no...he's making "America Great Again" by going after a Japanese car company.
Trump supporters will start vandalizing Toyota dealerships to run them out of business.
Don't park your Toyota on the street.
This has to be illegal, the stock took a big hit because he shot his mouth off on twitter. I hope someone hits him with a slander or libel (not sure what it would be legally on social media). He can not just impose tax however he feels like it. He has no respect for the position he is in and he is going to do serious damage with these tweets.
Netherscourge
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Maybe Mexico made a deal with Toyota so Mexico could, oh I don't know, create jobs for Mexicans?
Trump's such an asshole about Mexican's taking US jobs, yet here's a chance for some job creation in Mexico for Mexicans and Trump bitches that he wants those jobs here in the US instead.
Trump might want to rethink this particular strategy - because job creation in Mexico will help reduce illegal immigration from Mexico AND create cheaper cars for US drivers. Not sure if Trump thinks outside the box like that though, considering he's a racist asshole.
Vanillalite
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This.
They think it's cheaper to do in Mexico. A ton of car companies like Honda and Volkswagen already do this. Hell even GM does this.
http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2015/04/which-cars-are-made-in-mexico.html
bobbychalkers
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There are several Toyota plants in the US. I live 20 minutes away from one.
It is racist for an American president to want to keep jobs in his country instead of a foreign one? What kind of logic is that?
Also note, that Trump, when he sells fucking hats, or clothes or jewelry or whatever the fuck, they don't make it in the US.
Unless there's some insider trading going on behind the scenes there's nothing they can get him on here.
The US isn't losing an existing Toyota plant to Mexico with this situation. Toyota wants to build a new one in Mexico, not take one from us.
I'm not saying it's racist, but this is a weird situation of trying to force a company to build in US rather than another country as planned.
beelzebozo
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Also note, that Trump, when he sells fucking hats, or clothes or jewelry or whatever the fuck, they don't make it in the US.
he knows the system
only he can fix it
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