I have other more important things on my mind right now but since I promised you answers, I will give you some to show the readers of this forum what kind of falsehoods and half-truths you trying to peddle here.
Yet again you are showing half the facts by posting a graph from Bloomberg, which you only posted because you saw Trump in first place by a big margin, but is showing:
Market Highs and Presidents, Annualized Dow Jones Industrial Average all-time highs per year in office
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But you conveniently omitted the graph below. Nobody denies that the markets have grown substantially since the election but every economist will tell you that those are down to an already friendly market which grew substantially in the past years and Trump's promises for big tax cuts and deregulation. So far, Trump has not kept any of those promises other than repealing some Obama era regulations. I have yet to see any real Trump initiated change, new regulation, law or anything similar.
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Here are the FACTS about Ford:
"Ford said it plans to invest $850 million in its Wayne, Michigan, assembly plant. The company will also pump $150 million into its engine plant in Romeo, Michigan, and $200 million into a Michigan data center.
Most of this investment was already agreed upon as part of a 2015 labor deal with the United Auto Workers union. At that time, Ford pledged to invest $700 million in Wayne and $150 million in Romeo, creating or retaining 130 jobs.
So most of the news wasn't new. But the investment did ensure that the 3,700 workers in Wayne won't have their jobs shipped to Mexico anytime soon."
FACTS regarding GM's announcements to add jobs in the US:
What Trump said: "Just today -- breaking news -- General Motors announced that they're adding or keeping 900 jobs right here in Michigan," Trump said at a Detroit-area campaign speech after meeting with automakers. He added that the number of jobs in the region "would've been heading down big league if I didn't get elected."
The facts: Just under 700 GM workers laid off earlier this month will get their jobs back. GM plans to reinstate 500 jobs at its Lansing plant in 2018, and it's creating 180 plant jobs in nearby Flint for accommodate some who were fired. The company will also hire 220 new workers at its plant in Romulus.
GM did not directly attribute the announcement to Trump or his policies. The decision was predicated upon a "strong economy with a strong manufacturing sector," GM spokesman Tom Wickham said, as well as "anticipated strong demand" for crossover vehicles.
However, the announcement came hours before Trump flew to Michigan to talk about fuel economy rules with top automakers, including GM CEO Mary Barra.
"Today's event gave us a positive venue to share good news," Wickham said.
The carmaker already announced in January that it would invest $1 billion in U.S. factories and create or retain 7,000 domestic jobs.
FACTS about Exxon Mobile investing $20B and creating 45,000 jobs:
What Trump said: Trump tweeted about the announcement five times, and the White House put out a laudatory press release. "This is a true American success story," the president said in a statement. Trump said in a video that Exxon's investment was happening "to a large extent because of our policies and the policies of this new administration."
The facts: The jobs are part of an Exxon project called Growing the Gulf, which was launched in 2013 and aims to tap into the nation's shale boom. The company plans 11 natural gas projects along the Texas and Louisiana coasts.
An ExxonMobil spokesman said he didn't know how many of the 45,000 jobs were created between 2013 and 2016.
The investment is in line with Exxon's broader plans for growth. Woods has made natural gas a priority since he took the helm in January, and the company recently spent $5.6 billion to snap up shale assets in Texas and New Mexico.
Exxon's press release announcing the jobs focused on the money to be made exporting chemicals linked to shale gas -- not on Trump.
"These projects are export machines, generating products that high-growth nations need to support larger populations with higher standards of living," Woods said. "Those overseas markets are the motivation behind our investments."
Still, Woods gave the White House a hat tip in a statement circulated by the president's team.
"Investments of this scale require a pro-growth approach and a stable regulatory environment and we appreciate the President's commitment to both," Woods said.
The last sentence was pure Trump pleasing, nothing else. Pure genius though to say those words at that time, kudos to Exxon.
Want more??? Or are you that blinded by fake or alternative facts? I can show you a lot more examples.
Warren Buffet is a capitalist as good as they come and jumps on any opportunity to make a buck. But then you wouldn't listen to such people since you are so biased.
His quotes:
- I don't need a tax cut
- This is not a tax-reform act, this is a tax-cut act
- We have a lot of businesses, 60 or 70, and I don't think any of them are noncompetitive in the world because of the corporate tax rate
- For one thing, he disagrees with the idea of eliminating the estate tax — which is paid by people inheriting more than $5.7 million in assets. Buffett said eliminating the tax would reinforce a "dynastic" system that ran counter to American values.
"That's not good for capitalism, it's not good for the children, and I sure don't think it's good for society where there's already a ton of inequality to start with," Buffett said, referring to the heirs of large estates. "I think that's a terrible mistake to start with."
So please carry on with your Trumpian style of half truths, falsehoods and alternative facts. I'll keep posting the complete and true facts.
Tara!!