[pm90]

Is it really that odd? Its a way for companies to prevent getting hit by a Trump tweet that deplores them for not hiring enough Americans. So now, everyone wants to portray any US investment they make, any US workers they hire, loudly and with big but vague/unspecific numbers.

[mikeyouse]

Exactly this, which is also why every single automaker now publicly announces their retooling costs and shift changes for new model years. "We're spending $4B to improve manufacturing and hiring 10,000 workers" is a politically friendly headline even if you've done the same thing every year for the past few decades.

[cmdrfred]

If that is true why was that message not popular under Obama as well?

[SmellTheGlove]

Well, Obama didn't do a lot of shitposting on Twitter. Trump shaming companies on a daily basis is probably part of the reason.

[pottersbasilisk]

Maybe obama should have too instead of planning to take 400,000 dollar wall street speeches.

[pottersbasilisk]

Even elizabeth warren and bernie sanders are upset with obama taking 400k from wall street and not prosecuting them in 2008.

http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-400-000-speech-wall-str...