New York Post

Prez blasts GM closure

- By BEN FEUERHERD

President Trump on Sunday said he spoke with General Motors CEO Mary Barra and told her he’s disappoint­ed about a shuttered automotive plant in Ohio.

Trump acknowledg­ed his conversati­on with Barra in a tweet after a series of other comments on Twitter about the Lordstown, Ohio, factory closing down earlier this month.

“I am not happy that it is closed when everything else in our Country is BOOMING. I asked her to sell it or do something quickly,” Trump wrote in the tweet sent at 6:27 p.m.

“She blamed the UAW Union — I don’t care, I just want it open!” he added.

“General Motors must get their Lordstown, Ohio, plant open, maybe in a different form or with a new owner, FAST!” Trump also tweeted. “Toyota is investing 13.5 $Billion in U.S., others likewise. G.M. MUST ACT QUICKLY. Time is of the essence!”

Trump also targeted the president of the local United Auto Workers union, calling him a Democrat who “needs to get his act together.”

“I want action on Lordstown fast. Stop complainin­g and get the job done!” Trump fumed.

The closure of the plant put some 1,500 people out of work.

GM cited “changing customer preference­s,” for the move.

The company is also expected to close four other North American plants — including in Detroit and Baltimore — by the beginning of 2020.

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