Trump: "We have at least 11 committed, massive car factories that are gonna be built. That are in the process of being built. Some have actually started."
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Mr President, can you provide links to the posts from the social media accounts of the MASSIVE MULTINATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATIONS that will be building these factories? Surely they've made announcements.
For just taking his lies and bullshit.
No challenging, no pushback, nothing.
Most of what he says could be refuted immediately but they don't. They just repeat what he says.
Are any of them named Foxconn and located in southern Wisconsin? Probably not, but just in case they need a 12th, there is an empty site that the people of Wisconsin bought, and paid for the infrastructure about eight years ago. It could be ready in about 2 weeks.
2 weeks, ahhhhhhh. In 2 weeks they would have about 6 people hired. And that’s if everyone walking into HR is the perfect candidate and can pass a drug test.
Our media is a constant failure to us: reporting bullshit sound bites rather than doing minimal work of asking obvious follow-up questions or doing a bit of researching
"Automotive experts say Trump exaggerated, there are investments at existing facilities, not newly built plants. And they may or may not come to fruition.
Dimitry Anastakis, a University of Toronto business history professor said, “Plants are planned years in advance,” he said.
Both #BMW and #MercedesBenz have huge production facilities in the US. They are amongst the leading US automotive exporters… tariffs will hurt them and production/jobs will be cut.
Win/win…
Is this a press conference or media briefing? How’s it possible that he is allowed to say something so demonstrably provable (or more likely disprovable) and not held to account by reporters????
President Biden awards $1.7B to bring auto manufacturing back to 8 states
The 11 facilities selected include plants and suppliers for Hyundai, Blue Bird, Cummins, Fiat-Chrysler, GM, Harley, Volvo, & ZF. These plants are in 8 states MI, OH, PA, Georgia, IL, IN, MA, and VA.
Name them - I know much was negotiating was done/commitments made /construction started under the Biden/Harris. Not sure what you and your clown administration have done! Again name them!
Ideas about concepts for making some plans are in the early discussions phase -
We’ll be looking for proposals to locate space on the calendar in a week or two - perhaps as early as next month
BUNKER BOY
NAME ALL OF THE COMPANYS
THAT ARE BUILDING THESE
TRILLION DOLLAR PLANTS
NAME ALL OF THESE COMPANIES
NAME THEM AND THE STATE'S THAT THERE PLANTS ARE GOING TO BE
BUILT
BUNKER BOY
NAME ALL OF THE COMPANYS
THAT ARE BUILDING THESE
TRILLION DOLLAR PLANTS
NAME ALL OF THESE COMPANIES
NAME THEM AND THE STATE'S THAT THERE PLANTS ARE GOING TO BE
BUILT
NOBODY EXPECTS THE TARIFF IMPOSITION! Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our *two* weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency.... Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...I'll come in again.
Who (car companies) where (are they built) when (when did they start building and when will they start running) what (how big are these factories, how many cars per day)
Name one. A couple of manufacturers have speculated about widening the model mix in existing plants (as they historically did in tariff-wall countries like Argentina), and even that is unlikely in this chaos.
“Actually they’re already built and a 100 more are coming. Now they’re here. They’re built 200 new car factories building big beautiful cars. You’re sitting in one now”
Media and MAGA *nods head approvingly*
It's the White House Press Corp so they'll just write it down and report it. Can't risk losing access to such great information.
Also does idiot know how big an automobile plant is? They're massive, takes years to build and tool not to mention suppliers.
Never happen, they don't have the guts. They won't have the guts even when their peers start disappearing one by one. They suffer from that hubris that's all over DC, it won't be me I'm too important.
Asking him to back up his lies with facts will result in Trump getting angry with them and calling them fake news.
The reality that Trump is lying will never convince his cult that he lied.
So, no upside to pointing out his lies and lots of downside.
That is how Trump has destroyed the press.
With fluctuating levels of seriousness I've been warning my Lego-obsessed 6-yo son that we might end up in a war with Denmark. He now gets it enough that he gives a little laugh and says, "Yeah, Donald Trump is crazy isn't he?"
Although TBF I think Órban will probably hook us up with enough that each child can get their annual allotment of two minifigures this Christmas to keep some of the heat off Trump.
"We're gonna go to Mars - we're in the process of launching rockets - we have already launched rockets to Mars - actually we have already landed on Mars"
Did any reporter ask what car factories these are and where located? He would either answer that he was not at liberty to say or that he doesn’t know, which seem to be his go to answers of late.
I like how they tried to promote the idea that you can break ground on an entire factory in like 48 hours after having just decided to build it. Also this seems highly dubious, and that is being generous.
(This is possibly true only if we include plans made in response to the Biden/Dem Congress IRA law. Trump's tariffs have not resulted in any additional announced factories.)
do you think he makes this kinda stuff up,
or somebody assures him it's so & he believes them?
or maybe somebody says 'this is the plan', & he embellishes?
Sad thing It seems that 45% of the population of the US will believe him and will not ask but where, show me proof, where are the plants, where is one of these plants? It would be easy to photograph this building in process.
Trump is driving his H.C. Plan to you on his World Class Infrastructure because of his New Auto Factories
while his FREE Qatari 'Islamic Terrorist' Jet Flies over 2 Doll 5 Pencil Suckers & Losers living in Flyover Country who should thank him and kiss his ass.
Concepts of ideas of plans for factories being built are happening. Nothing will be built and if anything is, they will be abandoned before any are actually used.
I spent my career at a major Auto company. A new auto plant is literally $BILLIONS to build, not counting supplier plants.
Auto companies take years to decide and then to build these.
In the Uk prime minister Johnson promised to build 40 new hospitals. Naturally they didn’t appear. Eventually it was satirised as “a new waste bin had been added, that’s a new hospital “ .
Follow up: Who are the manufacturers who have committed to new factories and where are they going to be located. And, who are the manufacturers that are updating their old factories and where are these located?
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Maybe our journalists should verify
https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/car-manufacturing-plant-shutdowns-could-cost-half-million-us-jobs
No challenging, no pushback, nothing.
Most of what he says could be refuted immediately but they don't. They just repeat what he says.
Will these auto manufacturers be Union Shops?
Is this more BS?
https://g.co/gemini/share/0f1fd9af22d5
What excuse will she project?
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/4/2/are-us-car-plants-being-built-at-record-rates-as-trump-claims
Dimitry Anastakis, a University of Toronto business history professor said, “Plants are planned years in advance,” he said.
Win/win…
https://www.automotivedive.com/news/hyundai-ford-GM-rivian-vinfast-building-projects-2025/740566/
The 11 facilities selected include plants and suppliers for Hyundai, Blue Bird, Cummins, Fiat-Chrysler, GM, Harley, Volvo, & ZF. These plants are in 8 states MI, OH, PA, Georgia, IL, IN, MA, and VA.
Fuck off puppet man.
He thinks we’re like China where he can MAKE the people build these projects in mere weeks.
Not a thinking brain among them.
library(car)
We’ll be looking for proposals to locate space on the calendar in a week or two - perhaps as early as next month
NAME ALL OF THE COMPANYS
THAT ARE BUILDING THESE
TRILLION DOLLAR PLANTS
NAME ALL OF THESE COMPANIES
NAME THEM AND THE STATE'S THAT THERE PLANTS ARE GOING TO BE
BUILT
NAME ALL OF THE COMPANYS
THAT ARE BUILDING THESE
TRILLION DOLLAR PLANTS
NAME ALL OF THESE COMPANIES
NAME THEM AND THE STATE'S THAT THERE PLANTS ARE GOING TO BE
BUILT
“Plants are planned years in advance,”
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/4/2/are-us-car-plants-being-built-at-record-rates-as-trump-claims
Natural genius
See, that is why I could never be a White House correspondence. I require details or assume I am being lied to.
Media and MAGA *nods head approvingly*
he's so full of it......
not true.
A.) If you say so.
B.) Please share which automakers and which locations as I am sure Americans in those communities look forward to all this coming to fruition.
Also does idiot know how big an automobile plant is? They're massive, takes years to build and tool not to mention suppliers.
Shrink his audience to only his media idolaters and let's see where his words take him.
The reality that Trump is lying will never convince his cult that he lied.
So, no upside to pointing out his lies and lots of downside.
That is how Trump has destroyed the press.
There is no reason to allow him to continue lying, regardless of how he reacts.
The press destroyed themselves by letting him define what is the truth.
(Not concerned with his cult. They are a lost cause.)
my kingdom for a journalist to ask for the locations of these Potemkin factories
None actually, but maybe some.
Cars are great!
🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥
I didn't think you could answer that question, you lying asshole!
… some even already exist in my head! It’s going to be great
… we will have so many car factories that the entire world will put super high tariffs on them! It is just so wonderful!! 🥰
(This is possibly true only if we include plans made in response to the Biden/Dem Congress IRA law. Trump's tariffs have not resulted in any additional announced factories.)
or somebody assures him it's so & he believes them?
or maybe somebody says 'this is the plan', & he embellishes?
while his FREE Qatari 'Islamic Terrorist' Jet Flies over 2 Doll 5 Pencil Suckers & Losers living in Flyover Country who should thank him and kiss his ass.
2019
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/fact-check-trumps-repeated-falsehood-on-auto-plants/214902/
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Probably not even fed to him by staff, just free association lying
Auto companies take years to decide and then to build these.
This is complete BS.
1: Going to be built
2: In the process
3: Actually started
He's fudging pathetic.
SHUP!