He was right to do the deal. He kept a campaign promise for that specific deal.
And Sarah is is right to criticize him. It IS crony capitalism and I hope he doesn’t do it again.
It’s the first example of a generic situation. There may be more. They can be explained. The Donald Trump shuttle won’t be needed once there is an actual road built.
” It IS crony capitalism and I hope he doesn’t do it again.”
I don’t see crony capitalism at all. Trump has said many times that moving companies out of the US would be painful.
When you look a CEO in the eye and say I can’t stop you from moving your company but here’s what I can do. I’ll remove any tax advantages given by this move with a tariff tax putting you in a worse position than you are now. At that point the CEO has 2 choices, call or fold. Sweeten the pot with a lower corporate tax, a lower capitol gains and dividends tax and you have the winning hand. No crony capitalism here! Trump is just doing what he’s been saying he’d do all along, Carrier just happen to be the first.