What a grand ‘investment’! TSMC, the world’s largest chip manufacturer, spends $100 billion to expand in the U.S., but does it sound like a strategic move or just a Trump-inspired publicity stunt? With six manufacturing plants, 25,000 jobs, and a R&D center, it’s like they’re building a ‘smartphone Silicon Valley’ in the desert. Maybe they should have invested in solar panels instead – at least they’d be harnessing the sun’s ‘free’ energy, not the American tax payer’s! And let’s not forget, the previous administration had been nudging them for years. Is this really about national security or more about scoring political points? Just another chapter in the never-ending saga of ‘America First’ – or ‘America last, if it’s not about your wallet’?
Read from: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/technology/tsmc-investment-trump.html