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Blue Full Moon

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14. Intel was building a chip plant near Columbus OH

Reply to AZ8theist (Original post)

Fri Aug 22, 2025, 07:15 PM

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It was part of Biden's chip act. Trump's tariffs and wanting to stop it. Intel said that sells just inside the US wasn't enough to go ahead with the project. So he is just trying to re package it as a win for him.

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