Ford CEO Just Pulled The Trigger to CRUSH the US Auto Industry--Mass Layoffs!

[LiberalArkie]

May 1, 2025

Ford CEO Jim Farley recently exposed the company's surprising financial issues following the announcement of tough new tariffs on major trading partners by newly elected US President Donald Trump. These additional tariffs have considerably increased the cost for international purchasers to purchase American-made vehicles, putting enormous pressure on American automakers such as Ford. As worldwide demand declines due to rising costs, Ford's overseas sales fall, prompting the corporation to reassess its manufacturing strategy, international relationships, and export plans.

With President Donald Trump's new trade policies affecting global supply chains, corporations like Ford are fighting to remain profitable in major regions such as Europe, Canada, Mexico, and China. Jim Farley has warned that the tariffs might lose Ford billions of dollars in sales if production costs climb and other countries begin to source automobiles from non-US manufacturers. Ford's stock has already been volatile because to concerns about long-term financial instability and a decreasing worldwide market share.

Jim Farley's announcement comes as Ford is already investing heavily in electric vehicles, automated driving technology, and restructuring efforts to remain competitive. With the Trump administration's tariffs adding to the pressure, Ford may be compelled to slash jobs, limit international operations, or hike vehicle pricing in order to remain profitable. As uncertainty deepens, the future of American vehicle manufacture and exports is called into question. Stay tuned as we go deeper into how Trump's tariffs are altering the global auto sector and the implications for Ford's financial future.

[yardwork]

1. Gosh, if only somebody could have foreseen this happening...

[Fichefinder]

2. Is Ford big enough to put America in a Time Out?

Build cars in Mexico and Canada for an international market? Keep afloat until sanity returns?
I'm not a money person so just asking.

[erronis]

3. They say, watch out for unintended consequences. But these may be part of the plan.

putin and musk won't shed any tears if the US auto industry withers. djt-shit doesn't know of what he blathers.

[dem4decades]

5. Ford around and find out

[Exp]

4. Cruelty is the goal of the Trump admin. nt

[JoseBalow]

7. Self-enrichment is the goal

The cruelty is just garnish.

[MineralMan]

6. Well, Remember Chrysler Corporation?

It really doesn't exist any longer. It's just a brand name at Stellantis, a global corporation. And it's not doing so well at all. Sales are way, way down at the Chrysler division of Stellantis. Watch for it to shed some of the Chrysler brands, too. You know, like Jeep and RAM. Apparently, nobody want's those brands of vehicles right now.

GM? Well, they aren't doing so hot, either. If it's not an SUV or a truck, they don't make it any more. and their stuff isn't selling so well, either.

Instead of this nonsense getting more cars built in the USA, it's more likely that more factories will shut down here. Not looking good.

[angryxyouth]

8. If you were a European or other X allie

Would you buy a car from Russia? Because that is basically how the world sees us right now.

[MineralMan]

11. I'm not talking about selling US made cars in other countries.

That ship sailed long ago. I'm talking about US companies selling cars in the USA. That's not going so well right now.

[angryxyouth]

22. Sorry I posted in the wrong spot.

I meant to be commenting on the article as a whole. Ford said their sales worldwide were down.

[Initech]

10. We need to vote these authoritarian scumbags out at every single level.

If we want the US to thrive again, MAGA must be completely driven from power at every level - from school boards and city councils to state reps to Congress to SCOTUS. They have been abusing their power for too long.

[MineralMan]

12. Well, yes, of course.

We failed to do that in 2024, didn't we? Not good.

[MineralMan]

13. Well, yes, of course.

We failed to do that in 2024, didn't we? Not good.

[Initech]

9. So when does the golden age start?

[MineralMan]

14. No. Such. Thing. Exists.

[Kid Berwyn]

15. Unions built the middle class.

Scab orange helps destroy it.

[LiberalArkie]

17. It seems that they wish to move the middle class from middle to "lower class" and the ones that are the millionaire

class to middle class.

I think that they are that way now since we have the oligarch class now.

[Kid Berwyn]

20. Praise Crow! Harlan smiles upon us.

These are the wealthiest times in human history. And yet, it’s government of the kleptocrats, by the kleptocrats, and for the kleptocrats until the end of the reel.

[LiberalArkie]

21. I think it is the Plutocracy that the founders of America wanted

[Wounded Bear]

16. Been seeing Ford commercials bragging about how many Americans they employ...

I guess I should have expected this. But the trump import taxes hurt everybody.

[Gordcanuck]

18. I agree with exp, cruelty

is the goal, they live for it. Not a garnish, it’s their raison d’étre.
Rise up while you still can, you are the majority.

[Ursus Rex]

19. Make higher-quality cars that people WANT, and cut margins and prices.

Of course, there will be a shareholder rebellion if that happens, but hopefully they will sell off and allow a more rational cadre of investors to step in.