Here's The Real Problem With Donald Trump's Carrier Deal

Donald Trump’s Carrier deal is dangerous. Not merely because the agreement undermines the rule of law or unilaterally reshapes the relationship between big business and government ― though it does both. The really scary part: Trump’s strongman tactic provides hundreds of families with more than Democrats have offered them in decades.

In February, Carrier’s parent company, United Technologies, announced it would close two Indiana factories, sending a total of 2,100 jobs abroad. The company was profitable, its workers productive. Executives were only slashing the domestic workforce to reduce labor costs. In November, Trump swooped in with a deal to keep 800 of those jobs in the United States.