Toyota explains the Trump Administration: How damaging the tariffs are on the Auto Industry!

Just as the letter is leaked from Stephen Ciccone, Group Vice President of Government Affairs within the Toyota Motor North America INC, who had written this leaked letter to the Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. Who has defended the tariffs on steel and aluminum, which has been on the European Union and NAFTA trading partners.

The reason why this letter is interesting, is because what he reveals, that the Government and Trump Administration will not reveal. The cost of the tariffs will be in jobs in the United States and also for the consumers. The most popular car produced by Toyota, the Toyota Camry with 30 % Foreign Parts, will be costing $ 1,800 more. The company has translated the cost, if the companies put the cost and compensation on the consumers. It would be 25%, an estimated loss of sales because of it could be up 2 million units or 10 % annually. If these numbers are true, than the Trump Administration are not only destroying imports, but local production and car-sales in general. That all because of the tariffs on these set-fixated goods, which is used to produce cars.

Therefore, these tariffs made are directly as the Toyota Company in the United States through the whole chain from factory to the consumer are around 470,000 people hired through the chain. While the manufacturing piece alone is 137,000 in 10 factories (soon 11). They are in Kentucky, Indiana, Mississippi, Texas, California, Alabama, Missouri, Tennessee, Michigan and West Virginia. So it is not like this is just hitting the favorable blue-states, which the Republicans hate. This would hit in the middle of the rust-belts and heartland f the Trump Voter.

Toyota Motor has really put themselves strategically in the United States, as well as put themselves in the midst of ironic territory. As they are in the areas where the President got the most support and also has the strongest loyalty, even as they are not serving the principals of the trade. The cost will be taken by the same people who voted him in and the added cost will be on the voters themselves. Either in lose of jobs in manufacturing, if not in lack of sales as people cannot afford to buy as many cars as they could before. That is not weird as the wages in the United States has been stagnant for so long. Therefore, the rise of prices combined with lack of surging wages, they cannot manage to afford the luxury of new cars, even used ones.

Just imagine the sudden rise of 25% on each imported car and also close to 2 Grands more expensive Camry. That will be costly for plenty of people. That is not mere cents on the can of beans as Wilbur Ross did on TV after the tariffs was made public. This here is much more costly and actually affect as many as 470,000 people in the United States. That is only in Toyota, what about the all American General Motors or FORD? Who knows how they will be hurt or how much added cost this will have on the consumer? Even how many people in their production chain from manufacturing to the consumer will be hurt by these efforts made by the state?

If Toyota is sending this warning and show the real affects on the economy by doing so. In just one company, what will it do to the whole industry and also the possible outcome of the provisions made by the tariff. That should be striking, but wisdom is rare in this administration. They are not concern with other, than their own pride and deluded acts of ignorance. This is destroying industry, not creating or salvaging anything.

Toyota is sending a signal to the Trump Administration, but will they care? No they won’t, unless they are Russian Oligarchs or Putin’s henchmen in the US. Peace.

DHS: DACA Memorandum from Secretary Kristjen M. Nielsen (22.06.2018)

Russian Probe: Manafort denied suppressing evidence by the Court!

The former Trump Campaign Manager and former Ukraine Agent Paul Manafort has been denied and lost his case against the Court on the collected evidence from his storage unit. After the Judge today ordered that Court Denied Defendant’s will to suppress the evidence obtained in the search of his Storage Unit. That is yet another blow for his case and within the bounds of the Russian Probe. Yet, another victory for the collective case of Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his team.

Because the Manafort team has tried every single way to stop the investigation. Stopping the scope of the investigation, they had to get orders to look into the Communications like the BlackBerry’s and such. Now they got the order from the Court, that they can without anything justified not collect and assemble evidence in what Manafort had in the Storage Unit. Whatever sort of documents and such which are there must be important and vital for the operation of Manafort’s businesses. As he didn’t want the investigation to look into it. Because he knows what is there and how that will be in significance with the indictments towards him.

We can just imagine what sort of documents and such the team has seized from the man. If they have found the traces and connections into money laundering, the Trump Organization and whatever else the Russian Oligarchs has served him with. Who knows what sort of business transactions and offers of questionable works the FBI has on him now. As Manafort knows all of this and therefore, didn’t want Mueller’s team to get their hands on it.

This investigation is far from over, everything here is showing the reality and the need for the Manafort team to think otherwise. All of his secrets will be revealed. There are already some questionable activity and counts of criminal behavior by the man. So as he lingering in jail to testify, the documents from the warranted searches are studied and connected, so the dots of activity can be proven beyond reasonable doubt.

Manafort is in a sea of trouble, there are no signs of safe haven to land the ship. Only more jail time is awaiting him. That is truly a clear sign of what the President knows, as his long time associate and former Campaign Manager are behind bars awaiting trial. Peace.

Russian Probe: Manafort behind bars shows the seriousness of the affair!

The Paul J. Manafort revoking of the 10 million dollar bond shows the intent and the reality of the Russian Probe. The works of Special Counsel Robert Mueller is really proving fruitful, as well as having a team, which follows there provisions and are into every paragraph. So that if someone within the blink of the eye, within the parameter of the investigation, they better thread carefully. That is why so many has pleaded guilty and started to cooperate with the Mueller Investigation.

That on the 15th June 2018, that the bond was revoked for former Trump Campaign Chairman Manafort proves the issues that the President has. The man he trusted for over 190 days to run his campaign is now behind bars. The lied, played the government a fool and was caught doing so. Manafort has long before becoming campaign chairman done some secretive and shady works for others through his connections. That is why the Special Counsel got in his order to look into agents working for Ukraine and Russia in the United States.

Manafort as part of bond was this: “In the Court’s view, the broad prohibition contained in the order entered by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Marcy 9, 2018 is clear and unambiguous: Defendant must avoid all contact, directly or indirectly, with any person who is a victim or witness in the investigation or prosecution of the defendant. United States v. Paul J. Manafort, Jr., 18-cr-00083 (TSE) [Dkt. # 25] ¶ (viii)”

That was a very simple order to comply to if you cared about the law and with the knowledge of all the counts your indicted for. It is not like Manafort was a petty thief stealing a few pockets on Manhattan. This was a guy that conspired against the republic, not paying taxes or even filing taxes on his foreign earnings, even being an unregistered foreign agent working with foreign hostile powers. Therefore, the investigation into him show money laundering and other allegations that is severe. All of this should not be overshadowed.

That is why the revelation that even after months of being indicted and under investigation, he still contacted witnesses and people connected with the case. As should have been more careful and respected that the government already had been good to him.

What is interesting for the defense of Manafort is that they wanted a list of witnesses to the client, so they could make sure. However, the indictments, the public court-files and other documentations shows the progression of the case. Something the attorneys could follow and show to Manafort. To indicate to their client. The investigatory body and the government to build a case shouldn’t provide a list of possible witnesses or even suspects before their indicted or possibly breaching laws. That is predetermine the fate of an individual. That is why the defense of Manafort was flawed. As Manafort had failed his bond and the easy reason to revoke it.

That is an issue for the President. Is that his long-time partner and former campaign chairman is behind bars. He is in jail pending trial in two cases against him. As part of the pending investigation and up-coming trials. The evidence collected and the knowledge of the investigators will come into the Court. Than, the defense will not discussion possible or even violations of bonds. But actual conspiracy against the state and violations of the IRS and FARA.

Manafort is in major troubles, but also the rest of the associates around Trump. Whose have been part of the Campaign. Because so many people are in the scope of Mueller.

That Manafort now behind bars is a sign of what is coming. Not only Alex Van Der Zwaan has been behind bars, while others has pleaded guilty and offered to corporate with the investigation. That is why there is more to come and the realization of it. Should hit Trump in the midst of his guts. Peace.

Russian Probe: Mueller’s notice – Government’s Notice of Intent to Introduce Other Acts Evidence that is Intrinsic to Changed Crimes or Admissible under Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b) – (15.06.2018)

Russian Probe/Skeet Skeet Skeet Part 15: Letter on Cohen’s Update on the Second Blackberry extraction (15.06.2018)

Russian Probe: Justice Amy Berman Jackson Memo on Paul J. Manafort (29.05.2018)

Russian Probe: Praecipe for Subpoena for Paul J. Manafort to testify (12.06.2018)

Russian Probe/Skeet Skeet Skeet Part 14: Order of Expenses of Michael Cohen for the Special Master (13.06.2018)

Russian Probe: Justice Kimba Wood Order on Ceased Documents from Cohens Warrants should be ‘filed publicly’ (08.06.2018)