Trump's Toyota attack sets off alarm bells in Japan

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Donald Trump's Twitter campaign against the auto industry has gone global.

After berating Ford and GM, the U.S. president-elect is now going after Toyota for making cars in Mexico for the U.S. market. His attack has set off alarm bells in Japan, prompting top politicians and another major carmaker to step into the fray.

Japan's chief government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said Toyota (TM) has been "a good corporate citizen for the U.S." And Japan's finance minister, Taro Aso, was quoted by the Nikkei newspaper as saying it was "questionable whether the new president understands... how many vehicles Toyota produces in the U.S."

Trump opposes Toyota's plans to set up a new plant in Mexico even though the company says it won't cost the U.S. any jobs. He threatened to slap a "big border tax" on Toyota cars if the plant isn't built in the U.S.

The president-elect's attacks on individual companies are spooking other automakers.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/06/news/trump-japan-car-makers-toyota/index.html

[TreasonousBastard]

1. Wait until the Asshole-in-Chief finds out how many Nissans are made in Mexico.

[spanone]

3. i think Japan's finance minister nailed it.....'questionable whether the new president understands'

although i think he was way too kind

[C_U_L8R]

5. We know what he means

Trump is a dumbshit.

[TreasonousBastard]

11. He was being very Japanese...

smile politely while you twist the knife.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Mr. Trump knows nothing about what Toyota and other Japanese manufacturers do

here in America.

He is just a dumb, mean asshole who was elected by other dumb, mean assholes.

[Nevernose]

4. He knows nothing about American companies

Producing things like in the US.

Trump makes Dubya look like Cicero.

[Eliot Rosewater]

6. Trump vs Intelligence is going on in one room and Trump vs Reality

in the other and Trump vs economics in another.

Frightening, but soon I think we will wish we had such things to worry about.

I am fairly certain he is going to get all of us killed, actually.

[Wellstone ruled]

7. Clueless President Elect

does crap to continue focus on the Clueless President Elect. Trump loves to make people uncomfortable,this is what Narcissistic people do.

[Hoyt]

8. Some of those Japanese plants are the biggest employer is rural areas in red states.

Trump better watch out or Japan will cut a deal with China and Russia and maybe EU figuring we've lost our way/minds.

[Eliot Rosewater]

10. I suspect most of the world will have to DEAL with us in ways that we wont like

[Dustlawyer]

9. The greedy corporate types wanted this unhinged asshole, they got him, Toyota!

I hope this unpredictable Jack in the deck creates havoc with a lot of the plutocrats and their money before he is ousted as mentally unstable or criminally liable!