Trump Threatens Harley-Davidson ‘Will Be Taxed Like Never Before!’

US President Donald Trump greets Harley Davidson CEO Matthew Levatich as he arrives with Vice President Mike Pence (L) to meet with Harley Davidson executives and union representatives on the South Lawn of the White ... US President Donald Trump greets Harley Davidson CEO Matthew Levatich as he arrives with Vice President Mike Pence (L) to meet with Harley Davidson executives and union representatives on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 2, 2017. / AFP / NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened that Harley Davidson “will be taxed like never before” after the iconic American brand announced it would move some motorcycle production overseas to quell the sting of Trump’s new tariffs.

The President also predicted the company’s demise — “they surrendered, they quit!” — and said their “Aura will be gone.”

Trump made the assertions in a string of tweets attacking Harley-Davidson on Tuesday, claiming the company had already planned to move some of their operations from Kansas City, Missouri to Thailand and suggesting they lied about why they’re moving some operations overseas.

Harley-Davidson has denied that the company is planning to move jobs from the closing Kansas City plant to Thailand, according to the Associated Press.  

He again suggested that it would be expensive for the motorcycle company to “sell back” into the U.S. if it attempted to return. 

Trump has previously pointed to Harley-Davidson as an example of a company that’s been abused by trade barriers — and even invited executives to the White House last winter — yet the company warned the President that tariffs would be harmful to sales. Harley announced on Monday that it would have to move its production of motorcycles that will be sold in Europe to factories overseas, thanks to Trump’s tariffs on European steel and aluminum and the European Union’s retaliatory measures.

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  1. Memo to tRump: Taxes are imposed by Congress.

  2. How exactly is drump going to tax motorcycles that are built and sold overseas?

  3. Yeah, I’m going to go out on a limb and wager that the people who run Harley Davidson understand international trade better than Trump and his minions.

  4. Totally agree. This sounds EXACTLY like his moron deplorables. People who know nothing about trade, finance, business, - anything. But spout off about it like they were experts in the field. Hopefully, big American businesses will fight back against this human stain more often now that they’ve gotten their tax breaks.

  5. Avatar for sanni sanni says:

    How will the Harley loving, Harley owning Trump supporter react - in this era where Trump points to new objects of his demonization - when now Trump is targeting the beloved bike?

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