Foxconned? Shouldn't Conservatives Oppose These Deals?

As presidential candidate, Donald Trump promised he would make really great deals that would bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States. We will get our people off of welfare and back to work—rebuilding our country with American hands and American labor, President Trump said in his inaugural address. We will follow two simple rules: Buy American and Hire American.So when Foxconn, a Taiwan-based electronics manufacturer that supplies Apple, announced a $10 billion investment in Wisconsin, Trump was understandably beaming with pride about the biggest deal he'd made as president. The company's initial investment of more than $10 billion will create 3,000 jobs, at a minimum, with the potential for up to 13,000 jobs in the very near future, Trump said on July 26 at an East Room ceremony in the White House, flanked by Foxconn chairman Terry Gou, Vice President Mike Pence, Wisconsin governor Scott Walker, Senator Ron Johnson, and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. The construction of this facility represents the return of LCD [liquid crystal display] electronics and electronics manufacturing to the United States, the country that we love.