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\"GM is committed to maintaining a strong manufacturing presence in the U.S., as evidenced by our more than $22 billion investments in U.S. operations since 2009,\" the company wrote in a statement Tuesday. \"Many of the U.S. workers impacted by these actions will have the opportunity to shift to other GM plants where we will need more employees to support growth in trucks, crossovers and SUVs.\"

The \"subsidies\" Trump tweeted about are the $7,500 federal tax rebate for electric cars, which every automaker gets for producing fully electric vehicles, and are being phased out for GM anyway. After automakers sell 200,000 vehicles, the tax credit is halved for the next two quarters.

\"For them to phase it out specifically to GM is so targeted,\" Edmunds analyst Ivan Drury told ABC News, who added that it would not matter anyway. \"This year they’re going to hit 200,000 so their phase out should begin starting next year. He’s talking about a truth that’s already coming to fruition.\"

Through October, GM had sold 196,850 electric cars, so 2019 would be the last year of the electric vehicle credit for buyers of GM cars to claim on their taxes anyway, according to an Edmunds analysis. The credit is on schedule to run out at the end of 2019, aligning with the shuttering of the GM plants.

Trump would not be able to end the subsidies himself, either.

\"Congress would need to pass legislation to do anything to affect the remaining tax credits GM’s electric vehicles are slated to receive through 2019,\" a Republican aide told ABC News.

\"Not aware of anything that the president could do from a regulatory standpoint that would limit GM’s ability to take advantage of those remaining credits,\" the source said.

A Democratic aide told ABC News: \"It's a part of the tax code. In order to change it, Congress would have to pass legislation.\"

The tax rebates are not exclusive to GM -- Tesla was the first to hit 200,00. Tesla vehicles delivered from Jan. 1 to June 30, 2019, are eligible for a $3,750 tax credit, while those delivered from July 1 to Dec. 31, 2019, can get a $1,875-tax rebate, according to Edmunds.

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PHOTO: General Motors Chairman and CEO Mary Barra speaks at GM's press conference at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Jan. 16, 2018.
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Earlier on Tuesday, National Economic Council chairman Larry Kudlow, while previewing the president's G20 agenda, told reporters there may be news about action from the White House regarding the GM announcement.

\"I think there’s a tremendous amount of disappointment even spilling into anger,\" Kudlow said.

When asked whether there’s any consideration of taking steps to help the 14,000 workers being laid off, akin to the subsidies for farmers hurt by Chinese tariffs, Kudlow said GM CEO Mary Barra had told him there is talk of shifting at least some of the workers to other plants in Texas or Michigan. Kudlow added he wouldn’t rule out possible further actions to \"ameliorate\" the issue.

ABC News' Alexander Mallin and Mariam Khan contributed to this report.

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