Trump Faces Failing Strategy on Auto Jobs

“President Trump heads to Ohio Wednesday embroiled in a fight with General Motors and the United Auto Workers over the closing of GM’s Lordstown plant. But his attempts to save manufacturing jobs have battered the auto industry and could erode his loyal base in the Midwest,” Politico reports.

“Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum have cost Ford and GM about $1 billion each… Potentially making things even worse, Trump is now weighing new tariffs on foreign automobiles that could threaten hundreds of thousands of additional U.S. jobs.”