and ac units. the u.s. is open for business. warning the global economy will penalize businesses is not the most traditional way to stay open for business and will not endear yourself to republicans in congress who will have to actually pass the laws to turn any tweet ideas into actual policy. it turns out, get a load of this, kevin mccarthy already came out to this approach. he said it s not even clear the trump/pence transition team or incoming administration supports the policy he brain stormed on twitter. as you recall last week, they traded billions of dollars in tax benefits to keep on carrier s plant jobs in indiana. carrier still plans on moving a separate plant all the way out to mexico. so will carrier, that just hosted a trump event last week, also be punished with this 35% retribution threat?
he said it s not even clear the trump/pence transition team or incoming administration supports the policy he brain stormed on twitter. as you recall last week, they traded billions of dollars in tax benefits to keep on carrier s plant jobs in indiana. carrier still plans on moving a separate plant all the way out to mexico. so will carrier, that just hosted a trump event last week, also be punished with this 35% retribution threat? we are fully in unchartered territory here where we are seeing the soon-to-be president issuing threats of retribution to u.s. companies on twitter. joining us now is david kay johnson, investigative reporter and author of the making of donald trump. what do you make of these threats?
these are for some manufacturing jobs, some assembly line jobs, and also these are for some white collar jobs. but a lot of these, carol, are going to be plant jobs, and that s very welcome news in cities, i know you re from ohio, carol. i remember driving down the highway in ohio past that lordstown plant where gm builts its chevy crews and the entire town relies on these plants for their jobs. news that a lot of these ford jobs are going to come to plants is very, very welcome here in the midwest. i can tell you. i know, i know. puts a smile on my face. poppy harlow thanks so much, reporting from detroit. putting politics on hold for now. the tragedy in tucson echoes across capitol hill. details in our political update. i realized i needed an aarp. medicare supplement insurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn t cover everything. in fact, it only pays up to 80% of your part b expenses.