AP FACT CHECK: Trump's claims in his State of Union address
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's claims in his State of Union address
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The AP is fact-checking prepared remarks from President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech. Here's a look at some of the claims we've examined:
TRUMP: "Many car companies are now building and expanding plants in the United States — something we have not seen for decades."
THE FACTS: He's wrong about recent decades. The auto industry has regularly been opening and expanding factories since before became president. Toyota opened its Mississippi factory in 2011. Hyundai's plant in Alabama dates to 2005. In 2010, Tesla fully acquired and updated an old factory to produce its electric vehicles.
READ MORE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/factcheck/a...
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The AP is fact-checking prepared remarks from President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech. Here's a look at some of the claims we've examined:
TRUMP: "Many car companies are now building and expanding plants in the United States — something we have not seen for decades."
THE FACTS: He's wrong about recent decades. The auto industry has regularly been opening and expanding factories since before became president. Toyota opened its Mississippi factory in 2011. Hyundai's plant in Alabama dates to 2005. In 2010, Tesla fully acquired and updated an old factory to produce its electric vehicles.
READ MORE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/factcheck/a...
