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Trump Makes Deal With Carrier to Keep 1,000 Jobs in Indianapolis

<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">The air conditioning company&comma; Carrier announced Tuesday that it had made an agreement with president-elect Trump to keep thousands of jobs within the state of Indianapolis instead of moving them to Mexico&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">The company planned to close its plant and layoff 1&comma;400 American workers&period; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&ldquo&semi;We are pleased to have reached a deal with President-elect Trump &amp&semi; VP-elect Pence to keep close to 1&comma;000 jobs in Indy&period; More details soon&comma;&rdquo&semi; tweeted Carrier&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">Trump also has announced plans to visit Indiana on Thursday&comma; along with Vice President-elect Mike Pence&comma; to unveil the agreement with the company&rsquo&semi;s executives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&ldquo&semi;I will be going to Indiana on Thursday to make a major announcement concerning Carrier A&period;C&period; staying in Indianapolis&period; Great deal for workers&excl;&rdquo&semi; said Trump on Twitter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&ldquo&semi;Big day on Thursday for Indiana and the great workers of that wonderful state&period; We will keep our companies and jobs in the U&period;S&period; Thanks Carrier&period;&rdquo&semi; Said Trump in another Tweet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">In February&comma; Carrier said it would be shutting down its Indianapolis plant and opening one in Mexico&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">Trump had previously condemned and rallied against Carrier&rsquo&semi;s plan to migrate to Mexico&period; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&&num;8220&semi;So many hundreds and hundreds of companies are doing this&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Trump&period; <span style&equals;"mso-spacerun&colon; yes&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span>&&num;8220&semi;We have to stop our jobs from being stolen from us&period; We have to stop our companies from leaving the United States&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">Somehow Trump managed to get Carrier&comma; a unit of United Technologies Corp&comma; to keep the plant&period; On Thanksgiving&comma; he tweeted that he was making progress&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&ldquo&semi;I am working hard&comma; even on Thanksgiving&comma; trying to get Carrier A&period;C&period; Company to stay in the U&period;S&period; &lpar;Indiana&rpar;&period; MAKING PROGRESS &&num;8211&semi; Will know soon&excl;&rdquo&semi; Said Trump on Twitter&period; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">So now that he has convinced Carrrier to keep their American workers employed&comma; what company is next&quest; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&ldquo&semi;He pledged to give up Oreos after Nabisco&&num;8217&semi;s parent&comma; Mondelez International&comma; said it would replace nine production lines in Chicago with four in Mexico&period; He criticized Ford after the company said it planned to invest &dollar;2&period;5 billion in engine and transmission plants in Mexico&comma;&rdquo&semi; writes <em style&equals;"mso-bidi-font-style&colon; normal&semi;">Fox News&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">Trump has been busy since his election win and hasn&rsquo&semi;t made many public appearances&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&ldquo&semi;Thursday&&num;8217&semi;s event will mark a rare public appearance for Trump&comma; who has spent nearly his entire tenure as president-elect huddled with advisers and meeting with possible Cabinet secretaries&period; He plans to make other stops later this week as part of what advisers have billed as a &&num;8220&semi;thank you&&num;8221&semi; tour for voters who backed him in the presidential campaign&comma;&rdquo&semi; said <em style&equals;"mso-bidi-font-style&colon; normal&semi;">Fox News&period;<&sol;em> &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal"><strong style&equals;"mso-bidi-font-weight&colon; normal&semi;">Author&rsquo&semi;s note&colon; <&sol;strong>Trump isn&rsquo&semi;t even president yet and he is making impressive deals like this one&period; Carrier seemed dead set on moving labor over to Mexico&comma; but Trump was able to negotiate a deal to stop 1&comma;400 Americans from losing their jobs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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