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From Huffington Post: The GM Layoffs Sure Look Like A Broken Trump Promise

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Last year, the president said people in Ohio shouldn’t sell their houses because the jobs were coming back.

By ARTHUR DELANEY

Tommy Wolikow remembers the day he became a Donald Trump supporter.

He hadn’t previously paid attention to politics, but in July 2017 he went with his mom and aunt to a Trump rally in Youngstown, Ohio, where the president essentially promised to save his job.

“Let me tell you folks in Ohio and in this area, don’t sell your house,” Trump said, to applause. “We’re going to get those jobs coming back, and we’re going to fill up those factories or rip them down and build brand-new ones. It’s going to happen.”

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