Toyota buddied up to Trump?…
Toyota buddied up to Trump? To his administration? I was in Okinawa a couple of times before I retired from the Navy, each time when assigned to the Marines. They have many issues with us, and have both fans and foes over here. I've liked them a lot ever since reading about them as a kid, and nothing has changed that.
For them to agree to work with a US President in any case, with any President, to me needs perspective to judge. With Trump, I think it was his clear break from the Obama time, in terms of a China Policy. Obama was giving in to Chinese bullying other Asian countries. Trump turned that around, and started organizing other countries to help us all stop them with the bullying. The Japanese, Aussies and S. Koreans all felt the same way.
Now that the ChiComs are acting so aggressively with Taiwan, its good that we've had those countries working with our military now for the last five to seven years in exercising with each others Navies, specifically training to oppose the Chinese.
As to the PriusC - I have a used one. It was a bad buy as it has a failing battery after about two years of owning it. I really like it though! I'm glad to have bought it, even with the result of this failing battery. I try to look at the bright side, and its like a girlfriend that didn't work out, but you had many good times with, and are glad to have known. Happily, I bought a good used conventional Corolla LE, 2020. Its one made in Japan, which I'm very glad to have seen! So that's waiting in the wings as I look for a dealership that wants to buy this PriusC as possibly a "hanger queen."
Sorry to read that you are now anti-Toyota due to some issue with Trump. Glad to see you are happy to be having a Honda now, though. Truly, good luck to you with it, they're also supposed to be a good company.