Trump Tells GM to Shut ‘Plant in China or Mexico’ Instead of Ohio

President Donald Trump greets General Motors CEO Mary Barra (R) alongside US Vice President Mike Pence (L) prior to a meeting with automobile industry leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on Jan. 24, 2017. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

President Donald Trump ratcheted up his criticism of General Motors on March 18 over the company’s plan to close a plant in Lordstown, Ohio.

In addition to his prior request that the automaker keep the Lordstown factory open or sell it to a company that would, the president said GM should consider closing a “plant in China or Mexico,” where the company invested heavily prior to Trump taking office.