Donald Trump
Presidential candidate Donald Trump, the man who apparently has all the answers, has solution to the auto giants moving factories to Mexico.
In an interview with the Detroit News, Trump, who has been publicly critical of Ford's plans to expand operations in Mexico, suggests the auto firms move some of the manufacturing out of Michigan and go to lower-wage states to save money instead of leaving the country.
"I don’t like what’s happening,” Trump said in the 15-minute telephone interview with News reporter David Sherpardson on Wednesday “We’re losing our jobs. We’re losing our wealth. We’re losing our country ... Why can’t we do it in this country? It’s an incredible thing that we’re not allowed to make our product.”
Trump tells the News that Ford CEO Mark Fields wrote to him and explained the automaker’s planned $2.5 billion investment in Mexico after Trump criticized Ford in June.
“We’ve got to keep (factories) here. It’s not that hard to do,” he said. Without action, he added, “pretty soon all we’re going to have is nursing home jobs.”