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Old 17-02-2017, 15:16   #261
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Re: U.S President: Donald Trump

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Originally Posted by passingbat View Post
What about the success he has had, within just a few weeks to bring back major industries to the US who were planning to build outside the US?
Most of those announcements were simply re-announcements of existing plans but I give him credit for Ford which he wrong-footed. As for GM and the others, Trump knows these were re-announcements but was more than happy for the re-announcements to be made as he knows his supporters won't work this out and it suits his image. Everyone wins, what's not to like?

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Financial Times
PR executives pointed to how General Motors dealt with a January 3 tweet in which Mr Trump threatened to slap a “big border tax” on the carmaker if it continued to import vehicles manufactured in Mexico.
Soon after, GM announced it would relocate part of its Mexican production to the US and pledged to invest $1bn in the US, safeguarding 1,500 jobs. Mr Trump immediately hailed the move as a big win. In reality, the carmaker had already been shifting work from Mexico to the US for some time.
“They repackaged old news,” said one PR executive. “There is nothing wrong with that and Trump thanked them for it.”

Walmart, which employs more Americans than any other private company, recently said it would add 10,000 jobs this year — a result of planned store openings and expansions first announced in 2016. The retailer was rewarded with an upbeat tweet from Mr Trump.
https://www.ft.com/content/b3a3c99c-...5-9e5580d6e5fb

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