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Harley-Davidson joins companies stung by Trump's tweets

President Donald Trump's Twitter post Tuesday morning in which he said Harley-Davidson would be "taxed like never before" puts the Milwaukee motorcycle-maker in a growing club of U.S. companies that have been singled out for criticism by the president.

Trump's post about Harley-Davidson came a day after the company said it would move some production out of the U.S. to avoid European Union tariffs levied in the increasing trade tensions between Europe and the U.S. Harley-Davidson previously said it would close a Missouri plant and open one in Thailand after Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement.

Trump's penchant for singling out U.S. companies - dating from when he was president-elect and

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