Manufacturing returns to the US! GM invests $4B here instead of Mexico, plus Trump's trade deal with China and Hawley seeks robust wages for American workers

The Rich Zeoli Show

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🗓️ 11 June 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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General Motors suddenly committed $4B to expand manufacturing in the United States amid President Donald Trump's push for tariffs and Josh Hawley joins the Marc Cox show to talk about what's in the 'big beautiful bill' for American workers. Plus Bob Rose breaks down the trade deal with China and why some feminists are sending out a 'distress signal.'

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0:00.0	Welcome to Red Meat, a collection of the tastiest tidbits from Odyssey's conservative news talk radio stations across the country, a place where we're not afraid to dig in.
0:11.2	Today, we're going to kick things off with good news about manufacturing. Listen in to this report on a change coming from Odyssey in the Motor City. That's right, Detroit.
0:21.5	Where do they make things?
0:23.7	Big changes for the Orient Township GM plants.
0:27.3	General Motors will bring full-sized SUVs and light-tudy pickups to its idle
0:31.3	Orion Assembly plants.
0:33.1	This news has community leaders positively fizzing with excitement.
0:36.5	The deal is part of a $4 billion
0:38.2	shift in production from Mexico back here to Michigan. Township trustees have approved a 12-year
0:43.5	tax break to support the move covering up to 50% of property taxes on the new expanded facility.
0:49.6	Jimmy Johnson, president of the Orienne Chamber of Commerce, says it's a great day for his
0:53.9	northern Oakland County community.
0:56.0	This is absolutely fantastic. I mean, seeing it on national news, too, and as where I first saw it, I'm like, oh, wow, this is it directly happening to our area.
1:05.1	GM originally planned to produce electric trucks at the plant, but with EV demand cooling, the automaker is adapting, bringing
1:11.1	thousands of jobs in a wave of renewed activity back to this community.
1:15.8	Here's Jimmy Johnson again.
1:17.0	It's great.
1:17.5	It's great news.
1:18.1	It's great for all the businesses around here.
1:20.0	Things are certainly feeling turbocharged.
1:22.6	Outside GM's Orienne Assembly, Tim Pample and WWJ News Radio.
1:31.2	Missouri. MZORIEN assembly, St. Pamplin, WWJ News Radio. Missouri Senator Josh Hawley joined Odyssey in St. Louis to talk about the return of the American worker
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