President Trump
Donald John TrumpThe Memo: Democrats pitch Biden as the back-to-normal candidate Obama congratulates Biden with formal nomination Jill Biden gives personal portrait of man Joe MORE doubled down on his attacks against tiremaker Goodyear over his policy on political clothing, and said Wednesday that he has resumed thinking about replacing the company’s tires on the presidential car with another brand.
“I’m not happy about Goodyear, because what they are doing is playing politics. And the funny thing is, the people who work for Goodyear, I can guarantee you that I’ve doing a very good job with all those great workers in Goodyear, “Trump said at a White House press conference, expanding on an earlier tweet in which he urged his supporters to boycott Goodyear over his policy that employees restrict the wearing of “Make America Great Again” clothing and other political clothing in the workplace.
‘If they say you can not have’ Blue Lives Matter ‘, you can not show a blue line, you can not wear a’ MAGA ‘hat, but you can have other things that are Marxist – there is something miss with the top of Goodyear, ”Trump added.
The president, when asked if he was looking for the federal government to stop buying Goodyear products, said it was ultimately an individual’s decision to buy them, but that “it would not recommend it.” “
Trump later responded in the affirmative when asked if he would replace the Goodyear tires on the presidential car, known as ‘Beast’, if there was an alternative.
‘Yes, I would do that. I would switch them based on what I heard. We will see what happens, “Trump said. “You have many people who no longer want to buy their product. They will buy from a competitor, also made in the US. ”
Trump’s tweet Wednesday morning followed a report from a local Kansas news store about a slide that was almost shown at a Goodyear diversity training in Topeka that “Black Lives Matter,” “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride” as “acceptable” , “while your” Blue Lives Matter “,” All Lives Matter “,” MAGA clothing “and” politically affiliated slogans as material “as” unacceptable. “
The company said in a statement Wednesday morning that the image of the slide – which made the rounds on social media – made “misunderstandings” about corporate policy. Goodyear said the visual was not made or distributed by Goodyear corporate, nor was it part of a diversity training class.
The company said it does not tolerate any form of harassment or discrimination in the workplace and, as a result, calls on colleagues to “refrain from expressing the workplace in support of political campaigning for any candidate or political party, as well as similar forms of plea that outside the scope of issues of racial justice and equality. ”It also rejected suggestions that it was“ anti-police ”and said it supports equality and law enforcement.
Shares of Goodyear fell on Wednesday following the president’s tweet, closing 2.36 percent. The company is among the largest tire manufacturers in the world and has 60,000 employees. It has its headquarters in Akron, Ohio, a major battlefield state in the 2020 election and one that Trump won four years ago.
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow
Larry KudlowMORE and trade adviser Peter Navarro both said they had not seen the tweet on Wednesday afternoon when asked about it. In an interview on CNBC, Kudlow said he was not aware of it, but would follow up with Trump on it, adding that in general, the Trump administration’s policy is “buy American.”
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