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[–] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

Well Duh. Companies don't want to spend money in a country they aren't welcome.

American manufacturing is dying because of Trump. I'm in the manufacturing industry and 90% of our customers stopped purchasing in November and went into money saving mode. It's now august, we have had zero large orders come in and customers are only getting the necessary repairs when they are down and losing tens of thousands of dollars a day in lost production.

Oh also, most of the manufacturer's in the US use machines with imported parts. ALL OF THOSE PARTS are now 15-50% more expensive for no reason, so they are losing money and have to charge more. Tariffs are ruining the manufacturing industry quickly.

[–] eronth@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

"Could"? Soft response.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 34 points 1 week ago

I like when politicians/diplomats of other countries speak very politely yet hit just as hard as whatever Trump is doing.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

At this rate Trump is going to unify Korea.

He really is the peacemaker. 🥹

[–] Salamanderwizard@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

He would literally spin it like that. The man can't help but lie about everything or use it as a way to boast about himself.

If Jesus Christ himself came down, Trump would take credit for it.

[–] SorryImLate@piefed.social 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I don't know why anyone is surprised, Trump clearly expects foreign companies to invest in US operations staffed purely by white US citizens. This raid was a feature, not a bug.

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Which ironically was almost what things were going to be. The Koreans that were over here were on temp visas to teach Americans how to run the plant.

[–] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

I work in this industry, and most of the american employees are not great. Also there are huge language barriers, so training is extremely difficult when these machines have 3,000 parts and are as long as a football field. Finding good employees is tricky and the smaller plants usually ignore OSHA laws and put their employees health at risk.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wasn't this whole thing kicked off by a conservative tiktoker that is running for Georgia Congress? She reported seeing Mexicans, they did a raid and were surprised to find out that they were South Korean.

[–] SorryImLate@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago

No idea, it doesn't necessarily negate my point though. This wouldn't have happened if they were white.

[–] Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 week ago
[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Shame. They miss-spelled "should".

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

DW changed 'likely' (as per Korean president Lee) to 'Could'

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There’s not a good modal verb in English to describe a likely consequence. “Will/would” are definite, ”can/could” are maybes, and “may/might” are (less likely) maybes. “Ought” and “should” signify moral(ish) perspectives and would probably be editorializing. I might use “dürfte” in German, but I’m not sure that would be right.

They probably shouldn’t have tried to rephrase it with a modal verb at all, or maybe “will likely.”