else for the car parts. we ve had that conversation. and when people aren t buying cars, they re fixing them, but they need parts to fix them. tom, thank you very much. thank you. thanks for coming in. appreciate it. despite some of the nba s biggest stars like steph curry and kauai leonard, the chance of mvp in toronto was reserved for this man, former president barack obama. more on the presidential welcome ahead, and speaking of president trump, live pictures from london. buckingham palace where president trump is expected to arrive for this incredibly opulent banquet at the palace. we ll take you love. 7:35 live london time on monday. we ll be right back. struggling . we had a lot of leftovers.[chuckles] i couldn t have asked for better parents, but like most people they didn t have anyone to teach them the best financial habits. so we changed that.
talking about u.s. auto manufacturers. this is the backbone of our country. david: if the higher tariffs do kick in and if they last for a while, would you withdraw your support from the president? not at all. i m a clear trump supporter, he s a friend and i ve supported him all along and i will continue to support him. i think he s doing the right thing. david: even if it hurts your own business? yeah, i think so. in the long run, you have to sacrifice something. he s out to help the country. he s making the right decisions. it s, you know, our security is first and foremost and business is second. and you know, listen, it s going to the business is going to come back and people will come back and buy cars. the interesting part of it in my business, in the retail automotive business, you re selling cars or fixing cars, right? if people aren t buying cars, they re fixing them more. the dilemma, can we get the parts because the assembly lines are shut down and what are the cost of
million assembled vehicles later, the lordstown gm plant is on the list to close. that move will leave 1,600 workers out of a job. with me now the mayor of lordstown, ohio. mr. mayor, welcome sir. my goodness, first just out of the gate, the president s tweet of we re looking at cutting all gm subsidies, what s your response to that threat? well, you know, you can t say that when he says he wants to do something he s going to go in at full force. i guess i can appreciate that, if he wants to keep general here. i ve heard that many times. it was about six, eight months ago when they moved the hatchback production to mexico. he said something similar to that about tariffs. i m hoping that we have something, a product here. they said they re ceasing production. they haven t said they re
general motors attention. i hope it works and we get another product. you mentioned when he said don t move, we have that sound from his rally in 2017. guys, roll it. i rode through your beautiful roads coming up from the airport, and i was looking at some of those big, once-incredible, job producing factories and my wife, melania said what happened? i said those jobs have left ohio. they re all coming back. they re all coming back. coming back. don t move. don t sell your house. mayor hill, what about this president s trade war? how much is that a factor not only with gm but the american auto industry on a whole? how much are you hearing it s really hurting it?
i really can t say how much it is hurting it. i know he s talked about tariffs, but i do feel right now the big thing is we have a fabulous product here, but we have no market. with low gas prices, with people trending toward pickups, suvs and crossovers, we can t hold guns to people s heads and say, hey, you have to buy our product. everybody is moving towards a different way and gm s going to have to make some changes. when i read the direction yesterday, i thought i had they said they re going to be closing two plants in korea. that s where they make the enco encore. if they do, i m hopeful something will be coming our way. on the personal aspect of this, this is like a punch in the gut for your community. i had read this quote from the lordstown school superintendent that parents of the school kids have already been feeling it