Trump Takes Credit For Fiat / Chrysler Expansion, Gets Smacked Down

[Initech]

resident-elect Donald Trump took credit for Fiat and Chrysler’s $1 billion expansion in Michigan and Ohio in a series of tweets on Monday morning; however, parent company FCA US clarified that Trump had nothing to do with it, ThinkProgress reports.

The company announced on Sunday, Jan. 8 that its expansion would also create 2,000 U.S jobs. “It’s finally happening – Fiat Chrysler just announced plans to invest $1BILLION in Michigan and Ohio plants, adding 2000 jobs,” Trump wrote in a tweet on Monday morning.

The president-elect also referenced Fiat and Chrysler’s decision to expand while speaking with reporters at Trump Tower. “You just saw what happened with Fiat where they’re going to build a massive plant in the United States in Michigan. And, we’re very happy,” he said.

Jodi Tinson, a spokeswoman for FCA told ThinkProgress, “This plan was in the works back in 2015. This announcement…was just final confirmation.” Tinson also confirmed that neither politics nor the presidential election was at all related to the company’s expansion.

The company’s press release acknowledged that its latest announcement was the “second phase of an industrialization plan” that FCA US first announced last January.
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/fiat-chrysler-smacks-down-trumps-boasts-president-elect-not-involved-in-companys-job-creation/

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1. soon he will take credit for the morning sun.

come to think of it, he probably has already at some point.

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4. Year of the Rooster - Trump is the Rooster. The only credit he deserves on Jan 20,2017

is for the lead role he is playing in our NEW reality show - RED DAWN, a product of PutinProductions.

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2. If more of these types of comments were made.......

"Jodi Tinson, a spokeswoman for FCA told ThinkProgress, “This plan was in the works back in 2015. This announcement…was just final confirmation.” Tinson also confirmed that neither politics nor the presidential election was at all related to the company’s expansion."

If you step back and think about this for a minute or two you would easily see why calling Trump out on these types of BS claims he making about himself and his ability to do all these wonderful things even before being sworn in is just plain common sense.

I would venture to say that in all the cases Trump has touted so far, each and every one of them would be have pretty similar circunstances.

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3. Oct 2015 they got a contract from the UAW

It's a four year contract so FIAT would know what wages would be to plan this expansion and go forward. That idiot Trump trying to take credit for this is total BS but what's new?