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Appraisal so she stood her ground. >> i think this project was a scam. i dont trust anything our president says. he is not looking out for the residents of mount pleasant. hes looking out for himself. >> reporter: nbc news requested interviews with foxconn and the village of mount pleasant. both declined. foxconn said it is pouring a concrete foundation, and is thrilled to move into the next stages of construction. the company looks forward to beginning production in late 2020. they remain optim...

Factory to the town of mount pleasant, wisconsin, what came with the promise of jobs has left residents feeling betrayed. jole jo ling kent reports. >> reporter: it was heralded at a great deal. >> this is the 8th wonder of the world. >> president trump announced a massive plan for fox con, the taiwanese manufacturer, breaking ground in mount pleasant, wisconsin, last year. the plan, build a $10 billion manufacturing hub to make lcd tv screens, creating 13,000 blue collar jobs. in return, fox co...

Right now. >> neil: elaine, i did notice that nintendo, fox con, very big manufacturers in china are looking to manufacture elsewhere. fox con laid out the possibility of all the iphones made in china can be made somewhere else. nintendo saying the same. china must be looking at that and saying, you know, even if we get a deal, might be too late. >> right. i think the thing here is, as is much chinese investment in the -- as much as u.s. investment in china on these tariffs are affecting china, ...

The next decade or so and before. but with these workers in youngstown, ohio, we have seen people voiting against their economic self-interest. the jobs in youngstown are not coming back. the mining jobs that donald trump is talking about, not only are they not coming back, theyre going away. carrier, ford, foxcon that donald trump talked about, theyve all blown up in his face. will they diskof that this billionaire, this plutocrat is nothing more than the short fat little man behind the curtain

Produce suvs? general motors doesnt have those suvs to offer. look at the latest consumer reports car report. they dont score in the small suv category. it is very sad. the reality is the american taxpayer for tens of billions of dollars into general motors before it got back, those american workers in better shape for having put up that money. heather: in terms of the jobs this president has added since he was elected, the numbers $4.91 million, the overall increase of us unemployment from janu...

Welcome back. president trumps promise to put factory workers back to work in wisconsin seems to be going south or at least a little bit side ways. fox con has nixed the plans to invest $10 billion in a high tech manufacturing factory there. instead, they will recruit researchers and engineers to turn the location into what they are calling a technology hub. well get into what that means in a minute and how the community is responding. here is what the president said last year when he went to wi...

13,000 jobs. part of it is -- that is what part of talking to people down there is about is you are getting conflicting reports from the outlets in japan talking to a ticompany on the business sid we are getting different news here in wisconsin. part of it is the uncertainty that people are dealing with. what is going to happen? we are hearing two sides kind of. foxconn and the county reiterated that 13,000 jobs should be coming to the area. what those jobs are remains unclear. >> that is anothe...

Available? >> that is a concern out there. a lot of people out there are still very supportive of this project. they want the business. remember its a republican area. this was paul ryans congressional district. a lot of them are supportive of the president and they are saying bring the business here, but on the other hand, a lot of the people are saying i have a lot of family members who were hoping to get in on these jobs and in on a more kind of factory assembly line job. those dont seem to b...

Can imagine that medicare for all means any of those things, right? but over the course of a long campaign, candidates are going to have to be pretty specific and very articulate about exactly what changes they would make to the healthcare system and change tends to freak people out. there is always the donald trump option of just promising everything, that youre going to get rid of obamacare, lower costs, improve service, improve benefits, but we have seen pretty clearly overtime that that has ...

>> the eighth wonder of the world. it was quite a promise. joining me now is brandon colorton from milwaukee. i remember that day so well. the eighth wonder of the world, not so much anymore. what is actually going to happen from what you are learning on the ground? >> well, its unclear. fox conn keeps changing the story little by little. the people down there, i was talking to community members yesterday about this news. they were kind of disappointed hearing that some of these blue collar jobs...