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<blockquote data-quote="BrownArmy" data-source="post: 2508608" data-attributes="member: 18225">That&#039;s an optimistic assessment.Carrier was offered this deal before by the state of Indiana and turned it down.&nbsp; What changed?Did Trump leverage governmental contracts with Carriers&#039; parent company? We&#039;ll likely never know.But look outside this singular deal.&nbsp; This is a sloppy way to do business, and simply doesn&#039;t scale.PR move, with dubious metrics, all because Trump values optics over substance.I get it, it was one of his campaign issues, so now he looks like a &#039;winner&#039;, but it&#039;s a dubious deal and has no real relationship to &#039;fixing&#039; Americas manufacturing problem.US manufacturing output is higher than it&#039;s ever been, with 1/5 the work force.Is Trump going to strong arm companies into&nbsp; not automating?Please.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BrownArmy, post: 2508608, member: 18225"] That's an optimistic assessment. Carrier was offered this deal before by the state of Indiana and turned it down. What changed? Did Trump leverage governmental contracts with Carriers' parent company? We'll likely never know. But look outside this singular deal. This is a sloppy way to do business, and simply doesn't scale. PR move, with dubious metrics, all because Trump values optics over substance. I get it, it was one of his campaign issues, so now he looks like a 'winner', but it's a dubious deal and has no real relationship to 'fixing' Americas manufacturing problem. US manufacturing output is higher than it's ever been, with 1/5 the work force. Is Trump going to strong arm companies into not automating? Please. [/QUOTE]

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