You have this either/or mentality. That’s not an accurate reflection on reality.

Your race baiting won’t work here, sorry.

You’ve addressed two very separate issues let’s examine them one at a time.

First on this perceived protectionism:
 
It’s not a protectionist advantage. That’s what I keep trying to get through to everyone. Tump does not give a rats ass if it’s Toyota moving a plant from the US or if it’s Ford, GM, or FCA . I’ve seen no…

I did not outline what I believe his complete plan in my first comment (nor did I claim that was the complete plan), I commented on the bulk of the current conversation. I elaborated when you brought up the Toyota tweet (not something people usually bring up). This is all extremely consistent.

You’re getting confused…

Right, that’s the problem. He wants cars sold in the US to be made in the US. I think that’s straightforward to understand. When a plant is going to be moved that’s the time to move it to the US and not to Mexico. This is a pretty simple line of logic here. I’m not sure where you’re getting confused.

Please explain…

Because the those old engines are more expensive to manufacture. It’s all in the manufacturing techniques. That’s why Ford is pushing the 1 liter 3 cylinder so hard. You have ~1/3 fewer rotating parts, it has very little raw material and the materials used are conventional. That’s one less bore to machine, one less…

Those cars are being sold is the U.S. not only Canada. By moving to Mexico you’re bypassing the whole U.S. workforce and using the cheap labor at $8-$10 an hour to build a car which will be sold in the US. That’s what he’s trying to prevent.

That still falls in line with my analysis of his intent. He wants to prevent manufacturing from leaving the US and incentivise companies to move plants outside the U.S. (back) to the U.S. You’re going to say “So he threatens them with a punitive tax?” You need to look at it from the flip side, if Toyota came to him…

You don’t understand why that was done. You’re not deep enough in the industry to really get it but you think you know what’s going on from a 10,000 foot view. Everyone thinks they’re a marketing wizard or a product development engineer. You guys have no idea.

The Focus was the size of a modern Fiesta, I mean almost…

Stef,

You really sailed past the mark on this one. The conclusions you draw show you’ve not really been listening. That’s disappointing.

Trump is concerned about current manufacturing leaving the US. Be it a Focus that was made in Michigan or an air conditioner made in Indiana. He’s not worried about Porsches made in…

You realise the Camry, Corolla, and CR-V more expensive than the American options?

The Detroit of 7 years ago is not the Detroit of today, never mind 40 years ago. You’re trying to make it sound like the same thing is going to happen again but you’re only showing how out of touch you are with the modern Big 3.

These are global companies developing technology on a global scale. The us IS NOT the…

True or not why would the public at large be aware of the specific forces used in the attack?

Do you have a higher resolution version?

You have to defend your trademarks, even instances which are not obvious infringements. Otherwise you’ll lose it. It’s an anachronism of the system which keeps the legal team fully employed.

How can you honestly say that?

Obama gave Crimea to the Russians, flat out. He relinquished grip on the security of eastern europe, with that the slide began.

You don’t own a tarp?

PR Stunt, total snooze fest.

Instead write an article about the guy who rode his R1 across Africa and Asia.

First of all this guy is a jackass. Secondly, good luck with that.

The modified front calipers only devalue the bike as a collectors item. As a daily it needs a complete rebuild. Fork seals, oil everything rubber needs to be replaced. This is a restoration project or a museum display at this point.

Eh, that’s mostly tires. Soon you’d have everything being tested with “factory...” Pilot Sport Cup tires which are totally impractical for most of us.