If Trump wants to claim credit for 150 new factory jobs first planned back in 2015, surely we can give him credit for the 300 layoffs happening right now in Indianapolis.
Rexnord has planned to lay off its 300 workers at the plant since last year, but President Donald Trump, who has said repeatedly he would stop American firms from shifting production abroad, criticized Rexnord’s plans in a tweet that raised expectations he might intervene.
“Evidently, Rexnord must not have read that,” said Chuck Jones, president of the United Steelworkers Local 1999, which represents workers at the closing factory.
This is the same local that represents workers at the nearby Carrier plant that Trump claimed as a jobs victory after Carrier promised to preserve 800 jobs while laying off 1,300 other workers. They seem unimpressed with Trump's efforts so far.
So American companies continue to move to Mexico despite Trump's insistence that when he was in charge, they'd knock that right off. Go figure. There's probably not going to be a photo-op for this one, either.