--- title: Donald Trump Speaks at Carrier After Deal to Save Jobs description: Donald Trump spoke at the Carrier plant in Indianapolis on Thursday, where he warned companies not to try to leave the U.S. canonical: https://time.com/4587890/donald-trump-speech-carrier-plant-indiana/ author: Madeline Farber article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-01T20:55:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T02:05:37.952Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Warns Companies to Not Leave the U.S: 'We Can't Let It Happen' og:description: Adding that there "will be consequences" og:url: https://time.com/4587890/donald-trump-speech-carrier-plant-indiana/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ded9bf842a142be/6988b058cd1bba449970343e/trump-carrier-plant.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Warns Companies to Not Leave the U.S: 'We Can't Let It Happen' twitter:description: Adding that there "will be consequences" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ded9bf842a142be/6988b058cd1bba449970343e/trump-carrier-plant.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Warns Companies to Not Leave the United States: 'We Can't Let It Happen' by [Madeline Farber](https://time.com/author/madeline-farber/) ## Madeline Farber Dec 1, 2016 8:55 PM UTC  President-elect Donald Trump speaks at Carrier Corp. in Indianapolis, on Dec. 1, 2016. President-elect Donald Trump speaks at Carrier Corp. in Indianapolis, on Dec. 1, 2016.Darron Cummings—AP by [Madeline Farber](https://time.com/author/madeline-farber/) ## Madeline Farber Dec 1, 2016 8:55 PM UTC [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4588027/bernie-sanders-donald-trump-carrier-corporate-tax/) spoke at the [Carrier plant](http://time.com/4587358/donald-trump-carrier-plant-deal-watch-live/) in Indianapolis on Thursday, formally announcing his agreement with the company to keep the plant open and reportedly saving some 1,000 jobs from moving to Mexico. During his speech, Trump had a strong message for U.S. companies who want to [outsource jobs](http://time.com/money/4587414/carrier-workers-are-skeptical-of-donald-trumps-plan-to-save-their-jobs/) to other countries: “There will be consequences.” “Companies aren’t going to leave the United States anymore, we can’t let it happen,” he said. According to Vice President-elect Mike Pence, Carrier, which mainly produces air conditioners, has invested $16 million to keep the plant in Indiana open. But despite the deal, the company still plans to move 700 jobs to Mexico, NBC News [reports](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-kick-victory-lap-touting-carrier-deal-n690771)—the same country it considered moving jobs to in February. Trump added that companies that do try to outsource jobs will be “taxed very heavily,” and leaving the country will be “very difficult.” As for companies that do plan to keep jobs in the U.S., Trump said that he plans to lower business taxes from “35% to 15%” during his presidency. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4587890/donald-trump-speech-carrier-plant-indiana/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4587890/donald-trump-speech-carrier-plant-indiana/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Warns Companies to Not Leave the United States: 'We Can't Let It Happen'","datePublished":"2016-12-01T20:55:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:05:37.952Z","description":"Donald Trump says that there will be consequences for companies that try to outsource jobs","url":"https://time.com/4587890/donald-trump-speech-carrier-plant-indiana/","keywords":["Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ded9bf842a142be/6988b058cd1bba449970343e/trump-carrier-plant.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Madeline Farber","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/madeline-farber/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ded9bf842a142be/6988b058cd1bba449970343e/trump-carrier-plant.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Trump","caption":"President-elect Donald Trump speaks at Carrier Corp. in Indianapolis, on Dec. 1, 2016.","creditText":"Darron Cummings—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4587890/donald-trump-speech-carrier-plant-indiana/","name":"Donald Trump Warns Companies to Not Leave the United States: 'We Can't Let It Happen'"}}]}] ```