Saturday, May 27th
(Adapted from Rogan's List)
Embarrassment in Europe
Trump embarrassed the American people at the NATO conference and then went on to call the Germans, one of our strongest allies, evil. "Trump’s singling out of German carmakers for contributing to the nation’s lopsided trade surplus follows rebukes of Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp.and attacks on America’s own automakers for shipping cars from Mexico. The rhetoric overlooks that BMW AG, Daimler AG and Volkswagen AG operate some of their biggest factories in the world in southern U.S. states, and the impact that putting a stop to imports would have on the thousands of dealers who sell German vehicles." (Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-26/trump-blasts-german-carmakers-u-s-sales-and-threatens-barriers)
Action You Can Take Today
Let's call the White House and let Trump know, we care about our German allies and that many German car makers build their cars here and American dealerships sell them providing jobs to Americans.
Contact the White House here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact