Trump Summons GM CEO Mary Barra To Discuss Trade, Plant Closings, And Efficiency Standards

Trump Summons GM CEO Mary Barra To Discuss Trade, Plant Closings, And Efficiency Standards
General Motors Chief Executive Mary Barra will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump and White House officials on Thursday — just days after GM came under attack from Trump, the White House confirmed late Wednesday.

Reuters reported earlier that the pair would discuss issues including trade, ongoing contract talks and revising vehicle fuel efficiency standards, citing three people briefed on the matter. The White House confirmed Trump would meet with Barra at 1:45 p.m. EDT in the Oval Office.
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TruthyTruthy - 9/5/2019 11:31:43 AM
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That ought to be interesting. A real CEO meets a guy who inherited everything and believes he is special.


qwertyfla1qwertyfla1 - 9/5/2019 1:04:59 PM
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Mary inherited the job thanks to anti-business "You didn't build that" Hussien. Yeah Affirmative action works so well! Actually women do make better managers but not in this case..


TruthyTruthy - 9/5/2019 2:50:37 PM
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Apparently you do not understand the definition of "inherited." tRump got his job when daddy died and left DumbDonnie the company that he ran into the ground with 4 bankruptcies only to be saved with Russian money.
At least Bara had to work up through the ranks.



MDarringerMDarringer - 9/5/2019 8:54:35 PM
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@Truthy straight to CTRL + V Spew


TruthyTruthy - 9/10/2019 6:23:43 PM
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No spew, just truth and facts. According to several sources including Forbes, tRump's net worth is less than it would have been if he just left it alone and not go off on failed ventures too numerous to mention here.
Add 4 bankruptcies and Russian bailout money and, yea, he is a failure.
Plus he gave up the highest ranking Russian spy in the Kremlin and the CIA had to get him out of the country.
I have to agree with the former intelligence heads who believe tRumo is a Russian asset.


MDarringerMDarringer - 9/10/2019 9:00:40 PM
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Opinion does not equal fact.


rockreidrockreid - 9/5/2019 12:22:47 PM
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I wonder if she will be honest and tell him that GM, like any other corporation, exists to make as much money as possible for their shareholders and Executives and that any other concerns or orders from government politicians are just varying degrees of socialism and/or authoritarianism.

If Trump forces GM to build plants here based on putting Americans to work that is a form of nationalist authoritarianism, putting Trump in the same political quadrant as Hitler and Mussolini. There are many Americans I’ve discovered that are perfectly fine with that. Usually the same types that call themselves Libertarians. They should look up the definition sometime.


TruthyTruthy - 9/5/2019 2:48:05 PM
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80ho, where would the shareholders be if GM disappeared? And actually the money was paid back.
Only dictators tell companies what to do.


countguycountguy - 9/5/2019 3:53:38 PM
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Someone needs to tell her she will need to speak very slowly, use small words and be prepared to have to use sock puppets to explain to him.


ricks0mericks0me - 9/5/2019 5:03:23 PM
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Truthy: Trump is Prez & U R Not
Please list your accomplishments so I can send praises your way


TruthyTruthy - 9/5/2019 6:10:27 PM
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I did not cheat on my wife with porn stars, I did not declare bankruptcy numerous times, I did not violate the constitution, I can speak above a third grade level. I have never made fun of handicapped people nor praised nazis and racists. I did not need Russia's help for anything. I could go on and on.
Trump is not the president either and it will be official next November.


MDarringerMDarringer - 9/5/2019 11:14:36 PM
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"I did not cheat on my wife with porn stars..." Maybe you should because then you wouldn't be so damned up tight.


TruthyTruthy - 9/16/2019 9:42:23 PM
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You have a point.


mini22mini22 - 9/5/2019 8:45:25 PM
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I will try not to bash him personally even though there is a lot there to do so. Rather lets focus in on his economic policies. First he cannot force GM to do much. Clearly GM is not going to put themselves in a position they were in 2008. So closing plants and investing in EV tech is a logical and financially prudent way to go. If vehicles aren't selling they have no choice. Unlike Trump Mary Barra does not make rash, emotional, off the cuff decisions. If you have to give farmers a financial bone due to tarrifs and a China trade war how is that sound economics. So many conservative believe that China has more to lose in a trade war with the US. However being that they are an autocratic state(that Trump wishes the US was)there are prepared to stick it out. They will never ever give in to the US on this. We are in for a lot of potential economic hurt if this goes long term.


MDarringerMDarringer - 9/5/2019 8:55:24 PM
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Trump needs to point his finger at Mary the Moron and tell her to resign.


runninglogan1runninglogan1 - 9/5/2019 11:36:44 PM
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And she can tell him to f-off.


CANADIANCOMMENTSCANADIANCOMMENTS - 9/5/2019 10:21:28 PM
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In the real world when two leaders meet all the details of the meeting, what will be a agreed to and what could be signed have all been worked out well ahead of time by underlings. In this seat of the pants White House, anything goes. I suspect the President will make a declaration about a plant or work or something and then have to walk it back after GM denies it.


MDarringerMDarringer - 9/5/2019 11:15:20 PM
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CTRL + V spew


CANADIANCOMMENTSCANADIANCOMMENTS - 9/6/2019 8:41:17 AM
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@MD - Do you have a Sharpie? - I need to adjust a map. :)


countguycountguy - 9/6/2019 4:28:47 PM
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I'm surprised he has time to meet with her with his busy schedule of altering graphics with sharpies in order to try and prove his moronic lies.


TruthyTruthy - 9/10/2019 6:28:47 PM
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Don't forget he needs time to golf and turn over high ranking spys to Putin.
And he still thinks China is paying the tariffs.



MDarringerMDarringer - 9/10/2019 9:00:59 PM
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More hate speech about YOUR President.


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