Audi’s CEO faces German backlash for joining Trump’s pre-election rally to announce US investment, sparking criticism over political entanglement and corporate neutrality.
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Gernot Döllner criticised for in-person announcement of major investment in US days before midterm electionsThe head of the luxury carmaker Audi is under fire in Germany for appearing at a rally with Donald Trump just days before the US midterm elections, to announce billions of dollars of investment in battleground state Georgia.Gernot Döllner joined Trump on stage after the US president gave a speech criticised by the head of an elected body of employees at Audi’s parent company, Volkswagen, as being full of “racism, sexism, transphobia [and] contempt for democracy”. Continue reading...
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