Trump keeps credit for Carrier, sidesteps blame for Rexnord

Published December 5, 2016 9:51pm ET



President-elect Trump gave workers at Rexnord a shout out on Twitter Friday. But that viral mention doesn’t offer them much consolation. All 300 will lose their jobs when the ball-bearing plant relocates to Mexico next April.

It’s the latest episode of coming corporatism in which the government picks winners and losers. Regardless of the outcome, Trump comes out ahead in the eye of the public.

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