They were of course in the US legally, with full and proper documentation. This was designed as a media event for the benefit of the MAGA base. And what effect is it having? Foreign investors in manufacturing operations in the US are rethinking their plans and commitments to the US.
Insane
Our Felon-in-Chief is destroying our trading relationship with our allies. It will take decades to repair the damage. POTUS is trying to burn everything down.
Pretty sure the word of the year should be kakistocracy.
We may be able to save our democracy, but not our global standing, economic power, and moral authority. These have been diminished forever. No ally, trading partner, or investor will trust us. They will do the minimum and look elsewhere for reliable relationships, no matter which party is in power.
Nah, those will all snap back pretty quickly once we render Trump and his accomplices to The Hague. And they shouldn’t expect Thomas or Alito to save them, they will be on the next flight over.
Between AZ & GA battery mfg facilities, ~$14 BILLION in investments by a foreign ally. I would not be surprised if LG Energy (the active party hiring the S Koreans & operating both plants) opts for a 3-4 month hiatus. Let's see the GA Repubs fall to their knees.
The whole effort smells like a deliberate attempt to sabotage US production of Electric Vehicles. But the effect is going to be global: Trump has proved that the US is a dangerous place for foreign companies to work and certainly unsafe for foreign companies to invest.
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Amazing how the current administration can’t realize the potential downside of their actions before they act. Perhaps if they were better qualified and less concerned about political theater things would be different, be better.