Link: https://apnews.com/article/audi-georgia-trump-manufacturing-auto-plant-c1d49f2437c1d9cf349af399b8abe3a3

PERRY, Ga. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that Audi will build an automobile plant in Georgia as he tries to deliver on his promise to bolster American manufacturing in the final days before the midterm elections.

Speaking at a campaign rally in Perry, Georgia, where he sought to boost Republican candidates, Trump said Audi — the German luxury brand owned by Volkswagen — would commit $4.2 billion in nearby Macon to begin construction on a plant that will produce 200,000 cars a year.

“Think of that. 200,000 cars a year. That’s incredible,” Trump said, crediting his aggressive and unpopular tariff policies for the company’s decision to build the plant.

The announcement seemed timed to offer a last-minute boost to Republican candidates in the battleground state, including Rep. Mike Collins, who is trying to unseat Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff. Trump has spent October campaigning in reliably Republican states as the party tries to hold onto its majorities in the House and Senate. Trump won Georgia in 2024 after losing it in 2020.

Alternate headline: "Donald Makes Another Bold Prediction That's Actually Bullshit To Distract From His Abominable Record and the Epstein Files".

That or state-level politicians did all the fucking work and he's just swooping in to take credit, but seeing as how this is an 'announcement', I figure it's likely just bullshit, like the trillions of deals he supposedly made with other countries in 2025. He's learned that no one who covers his presidency is actually going to ask him to prove any of this is real.

I hate this demented piece of shit.

This has happened countless times where a company tells him they’re gonna build in a state, he announces it, then they don’t

Knowing Trumps loose relationship to facts, does Audi know about this?

It's a good point.

And are we sure it's not actually that Aldi will be opening a new grocery store in the state?

More likely, as they are having a ball expanding in the US...

VAG is already in deeeep shit having to compete with Chinese automakers in europe, I seriously doubt that they will start manufacturing cars here in the states, and especially in Macon, GA. They do NOT want the hit to their reputation that current day American manufacturing will result in. Either this is an outright trumptruth, or VAG lied to him to get something from him and will cancel in the near future.

I and many, many others, believe in 2 week old gas station sushi, more than anything the Orange Turd says.

My money is on them allowing this, then quietly cancel plans after election. He's done that many times before.

Audi is getting a hard time in Germany about this, too, because they are closing factories left and right. Opening a new big factory in the country that first and foremost caused the economical problems is not considered a smart move.

Besides, the parent company Volkswagen has not yet decided about this new factory (Audi cannot do this without their OK), and they are facing hard fights with the unions about loss of jobs in Germany.