AP FACT CHECK: Trump's secret seems to have gotten out
September 29, 2017
DETROIT (AP) — President Donald Trump teased an audience with what sounded like inside dope: Five big auto factories or expansions are coming soon to the U.S., he confided.
Though sworn to secrecy by another world leader, he was bursting to tell — "I'll keep my word, OK, unless you force me" — but stayed mum on who, what, where.
The suspense may have been for naught. A day earlier, Toyota announced additional investments in five existing U.S. plants, for an underwhelming gain of 50 jobs.
Could big new factories also be on the horizon? Always possible, but an expansion of the magnitude hinted a...
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