Earlier Friday, The New York Times reported that GM and Ventec Life Systems, with which it is partnering to build such supplies, wanted more than $1 billion, including hundreds of millions upfront to GM to retool a car parts plant in Kokomo, Indiana, to make the ventilators.
Trump, in a separate tweet, said GM “MUST immediately open their stupidly abandoned Lordstown plant in Ohio, or some other plant, and START MAKING VENTILATORS, NOW!!!!!!” He also urged Ford Motor to “GET GOING ON VENTILATORS, FAST!!!!!
GM doesn’t own that plant anymore. It ended operations and sold it to an EV truck start-up called Lordstown Motors, a deal Trump once said was “GREAT NEWS FOR OHIO!”
“Ford is pulling out all the stops to quickly and safely provide vitally needed equipment for patients, first responders and healthcare workers,” the company said, adding it has delivered tens of thousands of Ford-produced face shields to hospitals and police agencies.
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