Look, it’s not a left or a right view to say that Donald Trump doesn’t exactly know what the hell he’s talking about. Especially when it comes to the auto industry. He was sort of right however, with this weird non-sequitur during a campaign stop this week in Flint, Michigan: Nukes are a threat to the auto industry.
To be clear, Trump is technically right, because nuclear weapons are a threat to, well, everything, but that’s as far as we’re willing to throw Trump a bone. Speaking to and taking questions from auto workers in Flint, Michigan on September 17, Trump probably should have talked about all kinds of issues affecting the workers and their lives. Instead, he fear mongered about Chinese EVs killing the American auto industry, even going so far as to give a timeline of when the auto industry would die, while blaming EV incentives for the murder. One of his biggest brain farts was when someone asked a question about the threat to manufacturing jobs.
During the rally a man by the name of Isaiah stood and said he’s a third-generation UAW worker who currently works at a Ford plant. After declaring that he was “building trucks here in America!” Trump said “Get ready, you’re going to be doing plenty of it.” He then asked Trump what the former president and convicted felon thought the biggest threat to manufacturing jobs in Michigan and what he would do to eliminate that threat. Without hesitation, Trump spewed his standard word vomit.
“Ok, so I’ll get into another little bit of a long answer. Because when you say major threat, to me we have one really major threat. That’s called nuclear weapons.”
I mean, Trump is right. Nuclear weapons are a threat. However that was in no way a proper response to the question the young man asked. Last time I checked, no countries were threatening Michigan manufacturing centers with nuclear strikes. The hits didn’t stop coming during the town hall.
Here he is saying that sea level rise due to global warming would be good because there’d be more sea front property while the crowd cheers. Just a reminder; this was in Michigan. These are fresh water people!
Another clip shows him saying he’ll lower the cost of groceries by raising prices on imported food. One of our presidential candidates folks. November is going to be nuts.