How successful is Trump in targeting companies?

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Since winning office, President-elect Trump has challenged a number of companies over offshoring jobs or running up government costs, using Twitter to call them out and threaten punitive tariffs or the loss of federal contracts.

In some cases, Trump has claimed victory in terms of saving jobs or taxpayer dollars. And in some of those instances, the companies in question have played along, looking to stay on the right side of the incoming administration. But the underlying success are often mixed.

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