Kawasaki to Stop Sponsoring 'Apprentice' Because of Trump Involvement

[highplainsdem]

Source: NYT

As a reality star, Donald J. Trump turned “The Apprentice” into a television success. As president-elect, he may be costing it money.

Kawasaki, the Japanese motoring company, said on Wednesday that it would drop its sponsorship of “The New Celebrity Apprentice” on NBC as long as Mr. Trump retained his involvement in the show.

The company’s decision came after it was featured by #GrabYourWallet, a grass-roots online campaign to boycott companies with ties to Mr. Trump, his family and his political donors.

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A segment featuring Kawasaki was broadcast on Monday’s episode. A Kawasaki spokesman, Kevin Allen, said that the company had never been informed that Mr. Trump was keeping his role as executive producer. The segment, Mr. Allen said, quickly generated concern from Kawasaki customers and dealers.

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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/18/business/kawasaki-to-stop-sponsoring-apprentice-because-of-trump-involvement.html

[bora13]

1. low energy

failing company. sad.

[wordpix]

3. Kawasaki, a disaster bigly

Thanks, Kawasaki

[still_one]

6. Kawa makes some pretty bikes

http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/kawasaki-motorcycles/

[Calista241]

8. My Dad owns a Ninja 636. Good bike for both beginners and old timers.

[DK504]

10. Just Tweeted Kawasaki

let them know how glad I am they dropped that sleaze.

[lark]

2. So, Japanese people get it,

while there's a big chunk of Americans who are totally clueless about herr fuhrer and think he will actually do a good job. How sad!

[Scurrilous]

4. K & R

[democratisphere]

5. Boycotting anything associated with drumpf.

[yallerdawg]

7. Not Corrupt Trump's "Apprentice"!

[TeamPooka]

9. Too late. Fuck you Kawasaki. Should have said it before your segment aired a long time ago.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

11. The new 7000-series cars on WMATA are built by Kawasaki.

Washington Metro rolling stock 7000-series

In April 2013 WMATA moved forward with plans to order 528 railcars from Kawasaki, called the 7000-series, to replace the 1000, 4000-series cars, and to provide service for the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project, otherwise known as the Silver Line.
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The first 7000-series train debuted on the Blue Line on April 14, 2015. 7000-series trains subsequently entered service on the Red line on June 8, 2015, the Orange Line in July, and the Green and Yellow Lines on August 17, 2015.

In June 2016, the 7000-series was taken out of service on Blue, Orange and Silver Lines after Metro discovered that trains could lose contact with the third rail on a steep curve, which caused a train to shut down outside Rosslyn Station in May 2016.

Cars 7000–7219 are in service.

They were built in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company

Products

As indicated by the company name, the company mainly produces railroad vehicles. Recently Kawasaki has received orders from customers in foreign countries, including Ireland and the United States. All products manufactured for the US rail market are sold through Kawasaki Rail Car Inc., another division of Kawasaki Heavy Industries. Because of substantial sales to the New York City Subway and various commuter lines, an overseas assembly plant has been established in Yonkers, New York (At present, most of the vehicles for the U.S. market are already produced there). Another assembly plant in Lincoln, Nebraska produces fully completed cars and "knocked down" cars that can be completed at the Yonkers facility.

[elmac]

12. My favorite motorcycle growing up was a Kawasaki 90cc enduro

I road it until it seized up one day, then bored it out to a 100cc and continued the fun.

[Louis1895]

13. We should identify all foreign companies with business ties to Trump

And publicize their conflict with the "emoluments" clause in the Constitution.

Start with "The Apprentice".

[Deb]

14. "Let the good times roll"

Very nice of them. We just picked up a gorgeous '72 175 for keepers, nothing beats the fun of those old bikes.

[pangaia]

15. As a life-long BMW rider---BRAVO KAWASAKI!!!

[central scrutinizer]

16. Sad losers

I like countries that didn't get nuked and surrender

[Raine]

17. That segment aired Monday, the day before yesterday. It's too late to disassociate now

they've tainted, the stench will linger.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

18. Awesome! Thanks GrabYourWallet and those using it as intended.

https://grabyourwallet.org/