In a phone call from the Oval Office, President Trump had just delivered unwelcome news to three of America’s most powerful auto executives: Mary Barra of General Motors, John Elkann of Stellantis and Jim Farley of Ford.
Everyone needs to buckle up, Mr. Trump said on the call, which took place in early March. Tariffs are going into effect on April 2. It’s time for everyone to get on board.
The auto chiefs, like the leaders of other industries, had been arguing that Mr. Trump’s 25 percent tariffs on cars coming from Canada and Mexico would wreak havoc on their supply chains and blow a hole through their industry. They had won a concession of sorts when Mr. Trump agreed to give them a one-month reprieve, until April 2.
But now, the Big Three automaker chiefs seemed to realize there was no point in fighting for more. They had gotten as much as they were going to get.
Don’t these titans of industry have enough pet congress critters to push back on this?
Honestly, they have more than enough to buy an extremely well equipped paramilitary force, which would be more effective. Their pets are meaningless now since the ku klux king is in charge
The clean cr i believe had a provision in it that declared the remainder of congress 1 long day so they cant even force a vote on the emergency tariffs because they have to be in effect 15 days and they stopped counting at 14. So no they cant do shit about it
Everybody on the right, including the Masters of industry, are bending the knee because they are afraid of a MAGA backlash.