Donald Trump has landed in some hot water with his latest lie that he pressured Ford Motor to cancel a deal with Mexico.
Ford Motor say they continue to have plans to invest $2.5 billion into building a factory in Mexico. Trump seems to have gotten his facts from a Prntly.com blog which initially did not link to its cited CNNMoney or NBC report. Both news reports do talk about Donald Trump, but only say that he had criticized the move and would tax Ford were he president.
Evidently none of this seemed suspicious to the presidential hopeful. The former reality star said Sunday:
Word is that Ford Motor, because of my constant badgering at packed events, is going to cancel their deal to go to Mexico and stay in U.S.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 25, 2015
Do you think I will get credit for keeping Ford in U.S. Who cares, my supporters know the truth. Think what can be done as president!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 25, 2015
Donald Trump supporters definitely do not know the truth, and maybe Trump doesn’t either. Ford’s plan to invest in Mexico hasn’t changed, but the move is being offset by a deal that the United Automobile Workers labor union stuck with Ford four years ago. The deal will shift production of the F-650 and F-750 trucks to Ohio, saving more than 1,000 jobs.
Another party that helped facilitate this deal was Gov. John Kasich, also a Republican presidential hopeful. Kasich helped push for tax incentives to get Ford to move some of its production back to Ohio. After Trump’s false claims, Kasich went on the attack, tweeting:
Nope.
Together OHIO brought Ford back from Mexico: https://t.co/wT81dJ8vcd https://t.co/WN4bpdTFiX
— John Kasich (@JohnKasich) October 26, 2015
The video that Kasich linked to shows Ford’s Vice President of North American Manufacturing saying:
“And in fact just yesterday the state of Ohio, thanks in large part to the leadership of Gov. Kasich, approved an incentive package in the state legislature that will make funds available to Ford and for this plant in particular that was instrumental in the company’s decision to in source that work from Mexico.”
Trump didn’t factor into this decision and his assumption that he did is worrisome. Trump isn’t interested in facts, and it’s no longer surprising when he lies. He makes wild and outrageous claims that aren’t backed up by anything, and people love that about him.
Trump may have learned this from a book that he slept next to for some time, as Andrew Bradford pointed out on Liberal America, Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf or possible it’s sequel My New Order. A concept in that book is that if you repeat a lie over and over, people will start to believe it.
That is why when Donald Trump says:
Remember that Carson, Bush and Rubio are VERY weak on illegal immigration. They will do NOTHING to stop it. Our country will be overrun!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 25, 2015
It isn’t just rambling that should be ignored. Donald Trump tells lie after lie, and he shifts the talking points. He makes insane, false claims about Mexican immigrants, and now the whole conversation becomes which Republican can be the craziest on immigration? Because of Trump, Republican candidates aren’t refuting his racist statements, they are saying we should revoke birthright citizenship.
Donald Trump is a fascist. He demonizes whole swaths of people without a care in the world, says hateful and racist things and doesn’t care about the consequences. In August, two Trump supporters beat a homeless Latino man while yelling anti-immigrant phrases. Trump said he didn’t support violence, but also said:
“I haven’t heard about that. It would be a shame, but I haven’t heard about that. I will say that people who are following me are very passionate. They love this country and they want this country to be great again. They are passionate. I will say that, and everybody here has reported it.”
Next time Donald Trump talks about Latinos, mentally replace the word “Mexican” or “immigrant” when he says them with “Jew” and you will know exactly the danger Donald Trump poses.
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