Donald Trump says Harley move abroad would be 'beginning of the end'

The company said in a government filing on Monday that it may move some production outside the US in response to European retaliation for the president's tariffs on imported metals

US President Donald Trump accused Harley-Davidson of using new tariffs on trade as cover for an existing plan to shift some production abroad and threatened the motorcycle manufacturer with a “big tax” on bikes imported to the US if it relocates some plants overseas.

“A Harley-Davidson should never be built in another country — never!” Trump tweeted on Tuesday. “Their employees and customers are already very angry at them. If they move, watch, it will be the beginning of the end — they surrendered, they quit! The Aura will be gone and they will be taxed like never before!”

The company said