When US President Donald Trump hosted Harley-Davidson executives at White House in February last year, he waxed eloquent: “Harley-Davidson is a true American icon, one of the greats… Whenever I go, whenever there’s a motorcycle group, oftentimes it’s a Harley.
And the sound of that Harley is a little different.” Later, in his first joint address to the Congress, Trump hinted at a “country” that was slapping 100% import duty on Harley-Davidson bikes.