White House .gov:
Since President Donald J. Trump took office, his unwavering commitment to revitalizing American industry has spurred trillions of dollars of investments in U.S. manufacturing, production, and innovation — and the list only continues to grow.
Here is a non-comprehensive running list of new U.S.-based investments in President Trump’s second term:
Project Stargate, led by Japan-based Softbank and U.S.-based OpenAI and Oracle, announced a $500 billion private investment in U.S.-based artificial intelligence infrastructure.
Apple announced a $500 billion investment in U.S. manufacturing and training.
NVIDIA, a global chipmaking giant, announced it will invest $500 billion in U.S.-based AI infrastructure over the next four years amid its pledge to manufacture AI supercomputers entirely in the U.S. for the first time.
IBM announced a $150 billion investment over the next five years in its U.S.-based growth and manufacturing operations.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announced a $100 billion investment in U.S.-based chips manufacturing.
Johnson & Johnson announced a $55 billion investment over the next four years in manufacturing, research and development, and technology.
Roche, a Swiss drug and diagnostics company, announced a $50 billion investment in U.S.-based manufacturing and research and development, which is expected to create more than 1,000 full-time jobs and more than 12,000 jobs including construction.
Eli Lilly and Company announced a $27 billion investment to more than double its domestic manufacturing capacity.
United Arab Emirates-based ADQ and U.S.-based Energy Capital Partners announced a $25 billion investment in U.S. data centers and energy infrastructure.
more here. h/t Brad.
Big Pharma and Big Tech (mostly in support of AI)
Where are the clothing and shoe manufacturers? Textiles and household goods? Consumer-level disposables? Tee Vees, telephones, consumer electronics? All the junk replacement “stuff” Amazon sells?
We need more tariffs on Japan and South Korea. Also, we need to police China harder for origin re-labeling.
Mercedes is expanding its production line in Alabama.
Drug investments just mean that they will have an even great hold over the Congress and our freedoms.
AA, Mr. Liberty
Where are our pharmaceuticals currently being manufactured? Where do we want them to be manufactured? Just asking.
Brad — Good point. But, I would ask, then, why drug discoveries and the basic research behind it is paid for with U.S. public dollars, but the patents and commercial wealth is owned by drug companies instead of the U.S. citizens who paid for them. Let’s start with an easy one, like Leroy Hood and all the patents that walked out the door with him (human genome project).
AA
I think the same thing could be said for Military and Aerospace manufacturers. Particularly when we arm all of NATO with our weapons. I dunno. I personally would be a lot happier if all pharmaceuticals were made domestically.
Bottom line. I just added all this money flowing into our country up and it broke my calculator. In 100 days. Amazing. DJT’s tariffs are responsible for every single penny. Someone please forward this to that mental midget Rand Paul.