The factory floor erupted in cheers when Donald Trump arrived at Carrier’s Indianapolis air-conditioning plant. With just a bully pulpit (and a mere $7 million in bespoke tax cuts), he kept the Indiana plant from moving to Mexico. And for his first economic triumph, the incoming executive received a savior’s welcome.

“Companies are not going to leave the United States anymore without customers. It’s not going to happen,” Trump bellowed before the crowd erupted.

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