Sorry South Carolina, it must’ve been nice. You know, those couple of years with all those shiny new jobs BMW brought you.

But Obama is gone.

Apparently, you wanted to get fracked up the bum by Trump. Well, that’s exactly what Donnie did! And he went in dry. ~ Blessed Be The Fruit ~



Wonderful news!!! (I’m saying that in my best Aunt Lydia voice)

Although Trump’s tariffs will take a while to damage our larger economies here in the blue states, we’re beginning to see how manufacturers in the red state hellscapes of trumplandia are reacting.



Most Americans don’t know that BMW exports more cars from the US than does GM, Ford, or anyone else. Super sad all that will now change. BMW, being one of the smartest and most successful brands on the planet, understands the power of stability. That’s why BMW is moving production of many of their SUVs out of South Carolina to China. (X3, X4, X5 and X6 SUV models and their variants are currently produced in SC -- but not for much longer)

So weird, I thought we were trying to win the trade war against China — not give China all of our jobs. I guess I just don’t know how trade wars work, huh?



But who am I to doubt our president? I’m sure Trump knows best.



And it’s not just existing SUV models that will be affected. Planned future models, that were originally slated to be built in SC, will now also be made outside the US. BMW just confirmed that production of the all-electric iX3 SUV will now be assembled in China.

If you’re now wondering about the batteries BMW was going to get from the US manufacturers?

Sorry kids, they changed their minds — BMW will now be using batteries produced in Europe. You see, with Trump as president, our legitimacy in the world has plummeted. And it’s gonna take more than just a jump-start to get America's manufacturing engine purring again post-Trump. As I’m sure you can imagine, trade wars make even the deepest-pocketed automakers nervous — they hate risk.





But wait, there’s more!



BMW also just announced they’ll start making Mini Cars in China — it just hit the wires that BMW signed a joint venture with Great Wall Motor Company, China’s leading SUV producer. The 50-50 venture will make vehicles for both partners.



One reason why China is the world’s largest automotive market.



Hmmm, it sure looks like the 10k BMW employees in Spartanburg, South Carolina will be out of luck with all this global winning. They must be thrilled how well their vote for Trump has turned out.

However, as a blue state voyeur, I applaud Trump for the hostile business environment he’s created in red state USA.



Elections have consequences.