General Motors Responds to Trump's Tariffs in a Way That Will Make Indiana Very Happy

If you look at the front pages of liberal press outlets like CNN, you’d think the world was ending. A huge percentage of their headlines as of this writing are about how President Trump is tearing up the world economic order with his announcement Wednesday—“Liberation Day”—with his tariffs and how everything is going to cost you much more. U.S. stock markets, meanwhile, took a dive Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling almost four percent.

Here are just a few of CNN's doomsday headlines:

Not everybody is running around like chickens with their heads cut off, however; in fact, over at General Motors, they’ve decided to ramp up truck production in the U.S. and hire hundreds of workers in Indiana:

The major automaker is adding several hundred temporary workers to maximize production of light-duty trucks at its Fort Wayne, Indiana, assembly plant, the company told FOX Business.
"We continuously update and revise production schedules as part of our standard process of evaluating and aligning to manage vehicle inventory," General Motors said in a statement, adding that its operational adjustments at Fort Wayne will "support current manufacturing and business needs."

Indiana Republican Senator Jim Banks was pumped: “Today’s announcement from General Motors is great news for Hoosiers. It hasn’t even been 24 hours and President Trump’s plan is already delivering for working families in Indiana in a big way.”

🚨 TRUMP EFFECT: General Motors just announced it will increase truck production at its assembly plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in light of President Trump's tariffs.

The company will also increase overtime and hire additional workers. pic.twitter.com/kvrUJToGFU
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 3, 2025

EPA chief Lee Zeldin also weighed in, noting that Ford Motors announced they will extend employee pricing to all customers:

🔥General Motors just announced it is increasing truck production in Indiana and Ford will now be offering employee pricing to all U.S. customers.
— Lee Zeldin (@epaleezeldin) April 3, 2025

How Trump Is NATO’ing the Globe on Tariffs

As Zeldin mentioned, Ford is responding by helping customers keep a few more dollars in their wallets:

Ford Motor on Thursday announced that it would allow car shoppers to buy its 2024-25 vehicles, including gas, electric and hybrid-powered models, at the discounted price the automaker offers to its employees.
Called "From America, For America," the promotion was unveiled on the same day a new 25% U.S. tariff on foreign vehicles took effect. It also follows President Trump's announcement the previous day of sweeping tariff increases on U.S. trading partners around the world — levies that many analysts say are likely to raise prices on a range of consumer goods.

🇺🇸@Ford will offer employee pricing to all US shoppers:

"'For 121 years, we've put our money where our mouth is, assembling vehicles that Americans rely on and supporting American jobs,' Ford said in a statement." pic.twitter.com/9mxyaqwdpf
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 3, 2025

The impact of the tariffs will take some time to take effect, and it’s impossible to predict exactly how things will play out. Trump campaigned on leveling the global economic playing field for America, though, and that’s exactly what he’s doing. CNN can continue crying, but a lot of folks in Indiana are feeling pretty good about now.

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