WASHINGTON - Six years ago, then-President Donald Trump hailed the "eighth wonder of the world" at a groundbreaking in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, for a high-tech campus planned by electronics manufacturer Foxconn.
But the $10 billion project fizzled, and the sprawling facility was never built even after homes were demolished to make way.
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden visited the same spot in Racine County, Wisconsin, to tout his administration's role in jump-starting a $3.3 billion artificial intelligence data center by Microsoft that is expected to create 2,000 tech jobs along with 2,300 construction jobs.
And he was sure to remind Wisconsites what Trump told them in 2018.
"My predecessor claimed he would ‘reclaim our country's manufacturing legacy,'" Biden said of Trump during a ceremony celebrating the Microsoft announcement. "He didn't build a damn thing ... In fact, he came here with your senator, Ron Johnson, literally holding a golden shovel, promising to build the 'eighth wonder of the world.'"
"Are you kidding me? Look what happened. They dug a hole with those golden shovels and then they fell into it," Biden added. "Foxconn turned out to be just that - a con. Go figure."
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