Donald Trump faces fallout of stalling US car industry
By Sam Fleming,Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson in Washington, in New York
Campaigning in April ahead of the US midterms, Donald Trump earned rapturous applause from a crowd in Michigan’s manufacturing heartland as he said he was single-handedly bringing the auto sector back to the state.
The president’s sunny assessment of his policies suffered a serious blow on Monday, as General Motors announced it was shutting two of its Michigan plants, along with closures in Ohio, Maryland and overseas.