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Foxconn (from 6) important.” This Thursday was not only
a barnburner for the state and its 45th
governor, but a promise of more big,
As big as this is,” says Trump, “this is just beautiful things to be brought by Trump.
a toy compared to the main facility. And
I’m pleased to report that Foxconn intends Finally, the president finished. Relief was
to build 100 percent of the factory with evident on the faces of the media gaggle.
beautiful American concrete and beautiful The TV reporters hurriedly completed
American steel. . . made right here. So
their brief “stand-ups” against a line of
Cheese, beer and .... land movers, and the crews removed their
tripod-mounted cameras and began to
pack them in heavy metal cases.
Scott Walker had become one of the
most influential governors in the badger
state. He was also one of the most, he
felt, maligned governors. During Walker’s
regime, he evoked massive protests over
his Act 10 legislation in 2011.
Act 10, which led to Walker’s recall,
Wisconsin is the 20th largest state by which he won, restricted the rights of
population in the United States and most public employees to negotiate with
occupies 65,498 square miles. (169,640 their employers over wages, benefits and
km). It was admitted to the Union on working conditions.
May 29, 1848.
In 2019, Walker lost his run for a third
In 2024, the state’s top export, worth term to Tony Evers, a Democrat and
$7.757 billion, was industrial machinery. the former Superintendent of Public
In second place was electrical machinery Instruction. Evers and several newly
with a value of $3.200 billion. elected Democrats were left as the
cleanup crew to deal with the aftermath of
For 2024, the state’s top export Foxconn’s Mount Pleasant sojourn.
destination was Canada with products
valued at $7.940 billion. Second was Start building!
Mexico with a value of $4.358 billion.
With Trump and his contingent returning
Last year its major source of imports was to the White House and to other goodwill
China with $6.416 billion. Canada was visits, there was only one thing for the
second nearly tying china with imports good people of Wisconsin to do: start
valued at $6.251 billion. building!
And, yes, the cheeseheads in Wisconsin Terry Gou’s new U.S. outpost was
produced more cheese than any other to be built on land newly named the
state in the U.S., followed by California. “Wisconn(sic) Valley Science and
Mexico is Wisconsin’s largest cheese Technology Park.” The construction of the
consumer. (Wisconsin Economic park had been negotiated after Trump
Development Dept.) made the first announcement of Foxconn’s
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