Trump’s Foxconn Deal Became Just Another Government Development Debacle

The Taiwanese manufacturer promised Trump and then–Governor Scott Walker 13,000 new jobs and a state-of-the-art manufacturing plant. They’ve delivered a mostly empty building that’s one-twentieth the promised size. Full text and links here: ---- Subscribe to our YouTube channel: Like us on Facebook: Follow us on Twitter: Reason is the planet’s leading source of news, politics, and culture from a libertarian perspective. Go to for a point of view you won’t get from legacy media and old left-right opinion magazines. ----- In 2018, President Donald Trump teamed up with then–Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) to offer $4.5 billion in subsidies and tax incentives to the Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn in exchange for building a 20-million-square-foot factory in the rural community of Mou