At the Dec. 1 meeting, where Trump was supposed to lay out the details, Jones hoped he would explain himself.
“But he got up there,” Jones said Tuesday, “and, for whatever reason, lied his a-- off.”
In front of a crowd of about 150 supervisors, production workers and reporters, Trump praised Carrier. “Now they’re keeping — actually the number’s over 1,100 people,” he said, “which is so great.”
Last night Trump responded with a Tweetstorm attack against Jones:
Chuck Jones, who is President of United Steelworkers 1999, has done a terrible job representing workers. No wonder companies flee country!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 8, 2016
If United Steelworkers 1999 was any good, they would have kept those jobs in Indiana. Spend more time working-less time talking. Reduce dues— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 8, 2016
Yes, this are tweets from the United States president-elect.
-RW
UPDATE
Robert Reich: "This is the start of tyranny."
If Trump knew anything about economics he would realize that unions are one of the reasons why companies move overseas. IMO this is left-authoritarian (Union boss) vs right-authoritarian (Trump)
ReplyDeleteThis is the start of tyranny? Really? Not NSA, TSA, Income Tax, Federal Reserve Act, Patriot Act, Executive Imperialism, Holding Political Prisoners....but Trump insulting a union stooge on Twitter?
ReplyDeleteLibertarians standing up for state enforced unions, I love it.
ReplyDeleteTrump is an idiot, but when you start using Robert Reich to back your positions, you're venturing into a swamp of idiots that can't be drained. Your hatred for Trump is understandable, but it seems you're allowing it to affect your judgement. I saw most of the Reich rant. He's more of an idiot than Trump. People will lose their "democratic rights" if they suffer criticism from THE PRESIDENT (OH MY GOD!). Reich is an idiot.
ReplyDelete"Yes, this are tweets from the United States president-elect."
That's actually the one awesome thing about this. If Trump can destroy the "reverence" that people hold for the top bureaucrat, he's accomplished a lot.
So Trump criticizing unions is tyranny. Is this the post libertarian Wenzel?
ReplyDelete"Yes, [these] are tweets from the United States president-elect."
ReplyDeleteI consider it a good thing that Trump openly says anything on his mind. Hideous Hillary would have lied to us about her intentions, making it harder to resist her machinations. Would that have been better for the country? Trump is the quintessential New Yorker: if he's upset, you know it, and you know exactly why. I've always felt safe when I visit NY: you get the worst of people right up front, and after getting through that, you find they're not so bad underneath. Contrast this with the California style: everyone's oh-so-nice on the surface but underneath may be harboring mass-murder fantasies. I'll take New York any day.