GM's Mary Barra Is Back In The Trump Dog House - What Can She Do To Get Out?

GM's Mary Barra Is Back In The Trump Dog House - What Can She Do To Get Out?
Sixteen months after Mary Barra angered Donald Trump by announcing plans to close several U.S. factories in states the president vowed to revive, the General Motors CEO is back on the outs with the White House.

Unlike in late 2018, Trump’s Friday fracas over ventilators caught GM completely off guard, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. Trump first went on a Twitter tirade, accusing the company of taking too long to make the desperately needed medical devices and of trying to gouge the government. By the evening, he dredged up an old grudge, taking another shot at the automaker for closing a car factory in Ohio.


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MDarringerMDarringer - 3/30/2020 10:33:49 AM
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The gender token needs to resign. She has imploded GM with her incompetence. No wonder she was all hot and bothered about Johan DeNysschen.


dumpstydumpsty - 3/31/2020 3:47:42 PM
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She's doing fine.

Hey, if (45) is angry with Barra, then maybe she's doing something right. But not necessarily what (45) wants.


MDarringerMDarringer - 3/31/2020 4:39:03 PM
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Yours is an asinine, partisan response.


NewQNewQ - 3/30/2020 11:21:50 AM
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I don't think it matters. She's a private citizen running a private business. The predilections of a government official shouldn't be relevant to private enterprise.


Agent009Agent009 - 3/30/2020 11:51:33 AM
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Well they originally committed to 40,000. Told the fed it would be only $6,000 and it would cost a billion dollars making each unit cost $166,000 each. The market value is about $10,000 for each machine before COVID-19.

Trump blew up at them then they again regrouped and committed to 40,000 which makes it $25,000 a machine.

So Trump forced them to make them at a yet to be determined cost.




Agent009Agent009 - 3/30/2020 11:52:24 AM
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6,0o0 units not $6k



MDarringerMDarringer - 3/30/2020 11:56:05 AM
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She's incompetent and needs to go.


dumpstydumpsty - 3/31/2020 3:45:04 PM
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GM is not a private biz. It's a publicly-trade corporation - who not long ago needed a huge Federal govt bailout loan & complex re-organization plan to survive.


PUGPROUDPUGPROUD - 3/30/2020 1:38:50 PM
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Quit. The bad will created by GM will have a long tail in the market place. People don't forget.


MDarringerMDarringer - 3/30/2020 2:04:02 PM
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This is why she needs to go. This is why they need to hire an outsider and give him total control.



xjug1987axjug1987a - 3/30/2020 2:41:24 PM
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I met her when she was VPHR and she said she wanted to change the culture... her father was a lifer and so is she... she has tried very hard, I know she loves GM but she has failed miserably and needs to be fired.... TODAY!

I'm very confident Trump wanted to work w/GM but they simply cannot do anything right. The "contract" negotiations dragged on and they wanted this or that, finally T said, "done, no more talk, DO IT NOW!" God love that guy he's freakin awesome!


MDarringerMDarringer - 3/30/2020 4:57:07 PM
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When people are as inept as she is, they can't often see it. The total loss of the European market should have gotten her fired. She addressed NONE of the issues GM had when she came into her job. They had ugly to dull styling and they still do. Their vehicles were not class-leading and that hasn't changed. Cadillac was in deep caca and she made it worse. Buick was unfocused and still is.


dumpstydumpsty - 3/31/2020 3:51:29 PM
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I'm thinking Barra is doing exactly what the GM BoD's is telling her to do. It's not all on her. She doesn't make these huge financial final decisions solely by herself. Don't none of you understand how larger corporations are operated? sheesh...


MDarringerMDarringer - 3/31/2020 4:35:45 PM
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kissy kissy apologist


TauronB2GTauronB2G - 3/31/2020 7:49:00 AM
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For someone that’s sooo pro business and small gov’t you’d think Trump would stay out if profitable business affairs.


MDarringerMDarringer - 3/31/2020 4:36:24 PM
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Yours was a stupid response lacking any insight or intelligence.


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