Donald Trump has been president for 3 days and one of many huge automakers, Stellantis, is already asserting the reopening of a plant in Illinois which can make new Durango vans in Detroit.
This isn’t a coincidence. That is what occurs when the USA has a frontrunner who cares about American jobs and constructing merchandise in America.
That is additionally a reminder of why so many American union members backed Trump within the 2024 election, though union leaders backed Kamala Harris.
Do you suppose this plant could be reopening if Harris had gained?
Yahoo Finance stories:
Stellantis responds to Trump’s tariff menace, will restart Illinois plant and construct new Durango in Detroit
Large Three automaker Stellantis (STLA) is making quite a few US strikes in response to the brand new Trump administration and its deal with constructing merchandise in America.
In a letter to staff, Stellantis North America COO Antonio Filosa acknowledged that group chairman John Elkann met with Trump forward of his inauguration and famous Trump’s “enthusiasm” for his robust dedication to the US and rising jobs and the US economic system.
Stellantis — which owns Ram, Jeep, Dodge, and different manufacturers — confirmed quite a few particular actions it can take to “entail a multibillion-dollar funding in our individuals, nice merchandise, and progressive expertise, all right here within the US,” Filosa mentioned.
To that finish, Stellantis mentioned it might construct a brand new midsize pickup truck on the just lately shuttered Belvidere, Sick., meeting plant. Stellantis beforehand ended manufacturing at Belvidere for the Jeep Cherokee SUV, angering UAW representatives and employees. Now Stellantis mentioned it can return roughly 1,500 UAW members to work, a reversal of the transfer by former CEO Carlos Tavares, who resigned in early December.
Trump is already delivering.
Below President Trump’s management, @Stellantis is bringing 1,500 jobs again to Illinois, reopening Belvidere, and investing in Detroit, Ohio, and Indiana.
America’s manufacturing revival is right here—WELCOME TO THE GOLDEN AGE! pic.twitter.com/UzpLcZEI4b
— The White Home (@WhiteHouse) January 22, 2025
There may be rather more to return over the subsequent few years.
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