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Trump Announces Audi's First U.S. Factory in Georgia

Audi says the Macon-area plant will create about 4,500 jobs, with construction starting next year; Volkswagen's board still has to approve the final investment decision.

On air: Chip Darnell on Meet the Pressure
Published 9:41 AM ET, Sunday, October 25, 2026

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First reported by WSJ: “Trump Announces Audi’s First-Ever U.S. Factory in Georgia as Tariffs Bite”, with reporting from Reuters via TimesLIVE and The Standard.
Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 25, 2026, at 9:41 AM ET on Meet the Pressure, by Chip Darnell.
Topics: Georgia, US, Trump.
BBN covered this story before: Obama returns to the trail as Trump campaigns in Georgia (October 24).

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WSJTrump Announces Audi’s First-Ever U.S. Factory in Georgia as Tariffs Bite
Reuters via TimesLIVETrump announces Audi will build a $4bn US factory in Georgia October 25, 2026 · facts used on air
The StandardTrump announces Audi will build US$4 billion US factory in Georgia October 25, 2026 · facts used on air

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Fontaine OyelaranThe man who put on the tariff came to a rally in Perry, Georgia, to announce the factory that gets around the tariff.
Fontaine OyelaranI call that a full-circle morning.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo is that a yes? Does a regular person save anything?
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAudi says the plant means about forty-five hundred jobs, but production doesn't start until the early twenty thirties.
Fontaine OyelaranYou save the second you swipe up. Swipe up, code SUNRISE-AUDI-TWO-HUNDRED-THOUSAND, one code for every car the plant could make in a year.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThat was a different code. And the Volkswagen board still has to sign off on the final decision, Reuters reports.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorHave you actually driven an Audi?
Fontaine OyelaranI have driven past one. Swipe up, it was very clean.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorVerdict: the routine gets a four out of ten. Last question. Does the code work on a Q9 when it's built?
Fontaine OyelaranBy then, Chip, it will, because the plant makes it in the early twenty thirties, and that's when I'm booked until.

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