A day after demanding that General Motors Co. keep open a plant in Lordstown, Ohio, President Donald Trump shifted blame for its closing to the Democratic leader of the local union.
"Democrat UAW Local 1112 President David Green ought to get his act together and produce," Trump posted on Twitter Sunday. "Stop complaining and get the job done!"
In an interview Sunday, Green said: "We have produced and my act is together. Come on down and have a look.''
Green, who's been an outspoken critic of the president, said Trump had pledged to preserve jobs in Trumbull County, where GM's Lordstown plant is located, but the unemployment rate there was 7.7 percent in January.
"They're like empty promises because again, we've seen nothing but job loss in this area," Green said. "And he thinks that the economy is doing so well?''
Trump's attack on Green was a change in focus from Saturday, when the president posted that "because the economy is so good, General Motors must get their Lordstown, Ohio, plant open, maybe in a different form or with a new owner, FAST!"
The president cited Toyota Motor Corp.'s plans to add to its U.S. investments, announced Thursday, bringing the amount to almost $13 billion over five years ending in 2021.
In November, GM included Lordstown on a list of four plants in the U.S. and one in Canada that could be closed by year-end if the automaker and its unions don't come up with an agreement to allocate more work to those facilities.
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(Josh Eidelson and Justin Blum contributed to this report.)
