I’ll tell you all right now, I have absolutely no interest in running for President of the United States of America. It doesn’t matter if we’re talking Trump, Obama, Truman, or Jefferson, the game is always the same. Regardless of what candidates on the campaign trail, the follow-through is hardly ever there. Once elected, you could do an incredible job, even get reelected, and some vicious internet troll will post bile all over Reddit, claiming that you weren’t born in the U.S., or you had inappropriate relations with an adult film actress and tried to hide that you paid for it. If you’ve ever seemed photos of former presidents before and after they’ve completed their term, their hair is completely gray, face cracked and broken from geopolitical stresses and hardships. I will say this, it’s one of the most important positions in our modern society and no matter your political party, the president is constantly doing the best that they can.
Maybe I’ll run some day…Here’s what you missed in the news yesterday.
You Won’t Like Him When He’s Angry
As we all know, or have come to understand, President Donald Trump likes American jobs like he likes residents of the U.S., created here and nowhere else. It is for this reason that Trump was incredibly upset to hear the news that General Motors (GM) announced plans on Tuesday to layoff over 14,000 of its employees in an attempt to restructure the company. In retaliation for the company’s decision, President Trump threatened to remove General Motors’s (GM) federal tax credit for electric vehicles.
Moments after the president’s tweet, GM’s (GM) stock dropped 3.8%, trading at $36.69 per share. General Motors (GM) issued a statement of appreciation for President Trump’s longing to preserve the jobs of GM (GM) employees, saying that “many of the U.S. workers impacted by Monday’s layoff announcement will have the opportunity to shift to other GM plants.”
“GM is committed to maintaining a strong manufacturing presence in the U.S., as evidenced by our more than $22 billion investments in U.S. operations since 2009. Yesterday’s announcements support our ability to invest for future growth and position the company for long-term success and maintain and grow American jobs.”
–General Motors Statement regarding President Trump’s tweet
Did Somebody Say Racebook?
Well, former manager of partnerships at Facebook (FB), Mark Luckie, believes the social platform “has a black people problem,” according to TechCrunch. Let me clarify, by “problem,” he doesn’t mean there are too many black individuals, in fact, he believes the exact opposite. In his internal memo released to his colleagues before departing, he says that even though black people represent one of the most engaged demographics on Facebook (FB), non-black people are “reporting what are meant to be positive efforts as hate speech, despite them often not violating Facebook’s terms of service.”
Luckie goes on to argue that black communities are underrepresented on Facebook (FB), and companies “global household names and brands” receive most of the advertising efforts, when really, the social media giant should be investing “more in partners who are household names in their own communities.”
According to Facebook’s (FB) most recent diversity report, 3.5% of the site’s users are black, compared to roughly 2% in 2014.
