President Donald Trump is sending an aircraft carrier-led strike group to the Korean Peninsula in response to provocations form North Korea, according to CNN. After years of aggression and threats to destabilize the Pacific region, dictator Kim Jong Un has been defiant to recent U.S. sanctions. Last week, President Trump was briefed by the National Security Council […]
Economic Illiteracy: Sanders’ Reaction to Trump Carrier Deal as Backwards as You Might Expect – VIDEO
December 2, 2016 by
As Donald Trump and Mike Pence took their much-publicized victory lap at an Indiana manufacturing plant yesterday, Bernie Sanders — a supposed champion of working people — blasted the deal struck between the newly-elected Republican presidential ticket and Carrier to keep approximately 1,000 blue collar jobs in America. I’ll circle back to the substance behind Thursday’s splashy, celebratory announcement […]
Donald Trump at Carrier: Companies Won’t Leave United States Without Consequences
December 1, 2016 by
President-elect Donald Trump visited the Carrier air conditioner factory in Indiana, praising the company decision to keep 1,100 jobs in the United States, reversing their plans to move the jobs to Mexico. During his speech, Trump revealed that he was watching a news report a week ago that featured a Carrier worker who was convinced that the […]
FLASHBACK: Obama Mocks Trump Plan to Keep Carrier Jobs in USA (VIDEO)
December 1, 2016 by
On June 1, 2016, Barack Obama held a town hall event on PBS News Hour. During the question and answers period Barack Obama mocked Donald Trump for wanting to keep Carrier jobs in the United States. Carrier employee Eric Cottonham asked Obama about his job in Indiana. Barack Obama mocked Trump, “He just says, ‘Well, […]
BREAKING: Trump Reaches Agreement With Carrier To Keep At Least 1,000 American Jobs In US
November 30, 2016 by
Is anyone sick of winning yet?! President-Elect Donald Trump is not even president yet and he’s already saving American manufacturing jobs. CNBC News reports: President-elect Donald Trump’s team has reportedly reached a deal to keep hundreds of Carrier jobs in Indiana. CNBC cited sources in reporting the deal with United Technologies Tuesday evening, which will keep […]
IRAN FIRED UNGUIDED TEST ROCKETS U.S. 1,500 YARDS FROM AMERICAN CARRIER GROUP
December 30, 2015 by
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian naval vessels conducted rocket tests last week near U.S. warships and commercial traffic passing through the Strait of Hormuz, the American military said Wednesday, causing new tension between the two nations after a landmark nuclear deal. The vital strait, a narrow waterway between Iran and Oman that is […]