“We right now have more factories and plants being built in our country than we've ever had before.”
What PolitiFact found
Factory construction remains at a high level compared with recent history, but most of the increase came under President Joe Biden, and there are signs that that boom has faded under President Donald Trump. Analysts said some Trump policies have aided companies seeking to build factories, but others — including his tariffs — have offset some of those gains.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (president) made this claim around 27 January 2026. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 9 February 2026, 13 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
Where the claim appeared
- rollcall.comhttps://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-restaurant-stop-urban…
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