Daily News Article - February 28, 2025
1. The first paragraph of a news article should answer the questions who, what, where and when. List the who, what, where and when of this news item. (NOTE: The remainder of a news article provides details on the why and/or how.)
2. What is President Trump calling on companies to do?
3. What did the president warn companies he would do if they do not manufacture their products in the U.S.?
4. a) Who is Howard Lutnick?
b) How did Secretary Lutnick connect Eli Lilly's announcement to President Trump's policy?
5. What did CEO David Ricks say about the new manufacturing plants Lilly will be building in the U.S.?
6. a) When will the company make a decision on where they will build the four new plants?
b) How many jobs will the new sites create? - What types of jobs will they be?
7. President Trump wants to bring manufacturing back to the U.S., stressing its importance.
When addressing business leaders from around the world by video at Davos recently, he said:
My message to every business in the world is very simple: Come make your product in America, and we will give you among the lowest taxes of any nation on Earth. We’re bringing them down very substantially, even from the original Trump tax cuts. But if you don’t make your product in America, which is your prerogative, then, very simply, you will have to pay a tariff — differing amounts, but a tariff — which will direct hundreds of billions of dollars and even trillions of dollars into our Treasury to strengthen our economy and pay down debt.
Under the Trump administration, there will be no better place on Earth to create jobs, build factories, or grow a company than right here in the good old USA.
a) How important do you think it is for pharmaceuticals to be manufactured here? - and in general, for products sold here to be made in America? Explain your answer.
b) Ask a parent the same question.