Donald Trump recently tweeted about the sale of the GM Lordstown plant to electric truck maker Workhorse. This was great news for people in that area, some of whom voted for Mr. Trump and believed he could bring back manufacturing and the middle class.
A few days later, we find out that Workhorse is a struggling company that employs less than 100 people and is currently on life support. This is a pattern we have seen throughout his time in office.
He claimed to have saved Carrier Corp. in Indiana, then a year later there were layoffs and a move to Mexico.
He claimed to have disarmed North Korea and a year later, they are firing off missiles and their nuclear program is in full swing.
He announced the GOP’s “big, beautiful health care plan,” which didn’t exist. He claims to have renegotiated the North America Free Trade Agreement, but it is far from being a reality.
He claims China is adding “billions” to the U.S. Treasury in the form of tariffs, but it is the importers and the U.S. consumers who foot the bill for the tariffs.
He even talks of his border wall being under construction when not one foot of it has been started.
He talks of accomplishing more than any president in history. The only problem is that all of Mr. Trump’s “accomplishments” occur only in his mind and on his Twitter account.
JOE LUCAS
South Side
