Too big to fail.
General Motors just posted a hugely impressive profit gain for Q2 2016, including its first profit in Europe in five years. Still, the biggest boost came from the North American market and our insatiable demand for trucks and SUVs. Net income jumped 157 percent and profits more than doubled from last year.
Here’s the lowdown from Reuters:
The world’s third-largest automaker said it expects adjusted earnings before interest and taxes of $5.50 to $6.00 per share for 2016, up from a previous expectation of $5.25 to $5.75 per share.
Second-quarter net income rose to $2.87 billion, or $1.81 a share, from $1.1 billion, or 67 cents a share, a year ago. Factoring out a $100 million charge for legal costs, GM earned $1.86 a share in the latest quarter, well ahead of the $1.52 consensus forecast among analysts.
Trump's butt-buddy was against the bailout even though they have plants in Indi-fucking-ana.
Remember when Obama was elected and all the Republitards claim gas prices were going to skyrocket?