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mahatmakanejeeves

(56,902 posts)
Thu Mar 21, 2019, 10:57 AM Mar 2019

"If it weren't for me, this place would've been closed."

Read all about it. When I can, I'll post the fact-check of this talk. I think the computers blew up trying to handle the stack overflow.

REMARKS

Remarks by President Trump at Lima Army Tank Plant
NATIONAL SECURITY & DEFENSE

Issued on: March 20, 2019

Joint Systems Manufacturing Center
Lima, Ohio

3:15 P.M. EDT

AUDIENCE: USA! USA! USA! (Applause.)

{snip}

THE PRESIDENT: I had union leaders in the White House a few months ago — the biggest guys. Nice guys, but they’re Democrats no matter what. Okay? And you see where that’s taken you. That would’ve been catastrophic. But I had them in, and we explained how good it was for the car industry, for this, for that. They said, “Oh, thank you, sir. Thank you. Thank you. Oh, this is unbelievable. Thank you, sir.”

But then I see one of the guys the next day on a television show. The — I think it was called “Deface the Nation.” (Laughter.) And — ladies and gentlemen, “Deface the Nation.” And he’s saying how he’s a Democrat and he wants Democrat policies — which were, by the way, putting everybody in the poorhouse.

But I just left the guy. He’s hugging me, kissing me, telling him what an unbelievable deal. Nobody else could do it. And the next day, he’s on there talking about stuff.

{Snip the rest; it's just as bad.}
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"If it weren't for me, this place would've been closed." (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2019 OP
He's sick in the head. C_U_L8R Mar 2019 #1
Gobbledy gook nonsense Ohiogal Mar 2019 #2
They got a free trip to the WhiteHouse. True Blue American Mar 2019 #3
Is anyone else tired of this Ohiogal Mar 2019 #4
I'm amazed at the fact that his deplorables never tire of a constant diet of word salad The Genealogist Mar 2019 #5
As promised: Fact-checking Donald Trump in Ohio: tanks, election results, wind and Lordstown mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2019 #6
Cracked. Cracklin Charlie Mar 2019 #7
Just issue a credit Harker Mar 2019 #8
On that previous administration....BS Historic NY Mar 2019 #9

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
5. I'm amazed at the fact that his deplorables never tire of a constant diet of word salad
Thu Mar 21, 2019, 11:13 AM
Mar 2019

and shit sandwiches. Instead of saying "WTF did he just say?" thdy print it on t-shirts or act like it is in Waco poetry fro the divine.

mahatmakanejeeves

(56,902 posts)
6. As promised: Fact-checking Donald Trump in Ohio: tanks, election results, wind and Lordstown
Thu Mar 21, 2019, 11:17 AM
Mar 2019

If it weren't for me, this wouldn't have been done.

Fact-checking Donald Trump in Ohio: tanks, election results, wind and Lordstown
Jackie Borchardt and Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati Enquirer Published 5:37 p.m. ET March 20, 2019 | Updated 5:37 p.m. ET March 20, 2019

LIMA – President Donald Trump blamed Democratic union leaders for General Motors' decision to shutter a plant in Lordstown, Ohio, eliminating about 1,700 jobs.

The plant finished its final Chevrolet Cruze on March 6, but Trump had said little on the topic until this weekend. Trump tweeted Sunday that United Auto Workers union leader David Green needed to get his act together. "Stop complaining and get the job done!"

Three days later, Trump was in Lima, Ohio, for his first visit to the Buckeye State since the midterm elections in November.

He once again attacked union leaders and claimed their dues were too high during a Wednesday visit to the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center, which makes the 1M Abrams tank.

The Enquirer takes a look at that claim and others Trump made during his 50-minute speech.

{snip}

From the New York Times:

FACT CHECK

Fact-Checking Trump’s Misleading Claims on McCain, Tanks and G.D.P. Growth
President Trump, speaking in Ohio, exaggerated his role in Mr. McCain’s funeral, mischaracterized the senator’s record on veterans issues and cited misleading statistics on the economy and tanks.

By Linda Qiu
March 20, 2019

WHAT MR. TRUMP SAID

“John McCain received a fake and phony dossier. Did you hear about the dossier? It was paid for by Crooked Hillary Clinton. Right? And John McCain got it — he got it. And what did he do? He didn’t call me. He turned it over to the F.B.I., hoping to put me in jeopardy.”

This is misleading.

{snip the shocking remainder of the article}

Curious about the accuracy of a claim? Email factcheck@nytimes.com.

Linda Qiu is a fact-check reporter, based in Washington. She came to The Times in 2017 from the fact-checking service PolitiFact. @ylindaqiu

Historic NY

(37,449 posts)
9. On that previous administration....BS
Thu Mar 21, 2019, 12:29 PM
Mar 2019

In 2012, the Obama administration sought to close the Lima plant as part of the mandated budget sequestration process. Fortunately, the Republican-led Congress rejected that move and appropriated enough funds to keep the factory in business — but the number of employees fell sharply, to just 75.

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