President Donald Trump continued excoriating General Motors on Monday, for closing an automotive plant in Lordstown, Ohio.
“Get that big, beautiful plant in Ohio open now,” Trump said. “Close a plant in China or Mexico, where you invested so heavily pre-Trump, but not in the U.S.A. Bring jobs home!”
The president also expressed frustration that “talks” between General Motors and the United Auto Workers Union would begin in September or October.
“Why wait, start them now!” he wrote. “I want jobs to stay in the U.S.A. and want Lordstown (Ohio), in one of the best economies in our history, opened or sold to a company who will open it up fast!”
Trump began attacking General Motors CEO Mary Barra on Sunday for closing down the plant at a time when the American economy was booming.
His posts on Twitter earned a phone call from Barra over the weekend. – READ MORE