Featured Trump tariffs put the US auto industry in disarray

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  1. Paul Gregory

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    You have to wonder what sort of pathologies would compel a person to endorse such a flawed individual.
     
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    The same could be asked about endorsing Hillary, Biden and Harris...but would it really matter?
     
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    wouldn't pulling out of the us be a pretty big hit for hyundai, and short term thinking?
     
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    No honest accounting of facts could ever reach such a conclusion.
     
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    So no more Hyundai and probably no more Kia either I would guess.

    Is it just me or does the future seem to be full of F-150s and only F-150s?
     
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    bwilson4web BMW i3 and Model 3

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    Ignoring 4% of the world's population to concentrate on 96% that won't raid their plants and tax anything imported from Hyundai?
    • 4% - raids our plants and work sites; treats our South Korean workers and managers as criminals, and; charges 3-5 times as much for anything we bring in.
    • 96% - leaves our plants and workers free to build product and 1/3 to 1/5th the price to import parts
    Why put up with the USA harassment when the rest of the world wants Hyundai investment and skilled workers?

    There is another hypothesis that North Korea told the sociopath in Chief to 'go after South Korea.' In effect, this is just part of a North Korean plan to weaken and invade South Korea.
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    • My late Dad was a line company commander in Korea
    • Purple Heart
    • Bronze Star
    • Silver Star
    Bob Wilson
     
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    Seems like a reasonable response to a tariff war.
     
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    bwilson4web BMW i3 and Model 3

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    And an anti-immigrant policy. Chase off foreign investment and brains so we'll see what happens as we stew in our own juices.

    Mom and Dad recruited doctors for Coffeyville Kansas and found them in Pakistan. If these doctors leave, the town will be continue its decline into obscurity and poverty.

    Bob Wilson
     
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    There's no question that trade retaliation hurts both parties, but the consequences of not standing up to a bully are worse. As a Canadian, this is obvious.