i think the people that ride harleys are not happy with harley davidson. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. today was one of those days that crystallizes what s at stake in american politics right now at this moment. the political cloelgs that controls all three branches of the federal government just took a major step to consolidate power. leveraging an arguably stolen supreme court seat to validate the agenda of a president who we have to remember lost the popular vote whose campaign was backed by a foreign add ser vary possibly with his campaign s help and who in word and deed explicitly uses the power of his office exclusively for the benefit of the minority of the country that supports him. the supreme courtup head the president s ban on travel from a list of mostly muslim countries. the third version of a policy
harley-davidson wouldn t be able to sell in the u.s. without paying a tax. cnn tom foreman has the story. reporter: they surrendered and they quit and waved the white flag. a harley-davidson should never be built in another country. president trump greeted news of harley-davidson sending more motorcycle manufacturing out of the u.s. with a flurry of furious tweets. i think the people that ride harleys are not happy with harley-davidson and i wouldn t be either. reporter: little more than a year ago, trump stood proudly with harley executives promising big changes in trade. we have to make america the best country on earth to do business and that is what we re in the process of doing. reporter: he channeled other presidents who have embraced the iconic company, including ronald reagan whose huge tariffs on japanese motorcycles in the 80s were aimed at helping harley. though analysts debate the impact. it is time to gun the
and now we have president trump blasting harley-davidson, warning the company will face a backlash if it moves jobs overseas. harley blaming the decision on tariffs. the president slamming them a few moments ago. they announced earlier this year. so they re using it as an excuse. i don t like that. i ve been very good to them. the people that ride harleys are not happy with harley-davidson. and i wouldn t be either. mostly companies are coming back to our country. dana: scott lincecum is a scholar at the cato institute. i know you re pulling your hair out over this issue. you should follow him on twitfer you want to learn about trade. take a listen to what sarah sanders said about tariffs yesterday. the european union is trying to punish u.s. workers because they have engaged in unfair trade practices and the
tariff threats threaten to plunge the economy into a recession. harley davidson announced its moving a plant to thailand. they announced it earlier this year. harley davidson is using that as an excuse and i don t like that, because i ve been very good to harley davidson. they used it as an excuse. the people that ride harleys are not happy with harley davidson. and i wouldn t be either. but mostly companies are coming back to our country. i was the one who explained to harley about the 100% tax in ind india, where they had a tariff of 100%. i got it down to a much lower number. i think it s 50%, which is far too much. they were paying 100% tariff. now prime minister modi brought it way down. it s still way too high. i will say this, john. other countries are negotiating and without tariffs, you could never do that. and if they don t want to negotiate, then we ll do the tariffs.
it ll end right on pennsylvania avenue, we are actually doing the parade. we have the only pro trump. sean: out of 89? 88 snowflakes how many guys you have in your group? we are growing by about 25,000 a week. we ve got a lot of guys on the way here. california, new york, pennsylvania. they are coming in. sean: do you all ride harleys? you actually got to know donald trump. yet we ride harleys. as a matter-of-fact conversation like i had with my college buddies. he said to me, chris, did you see the news today where ford is keeping the jobs here in america? he goes, you know, i m really natural at this. i really believe we are going to