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Trump to the Rust Belt: Move Somewhere Else

The president told upstate New Yorkers to move to a red state with jobs, even as his planned budget cuts promise to make their lives more difficult.
President Donald Trump appears with Terry Gou, president and CEO of Foxconn, at the White House on July 26.
President Donald Trump appears with Terry Gou, president and CEO of Foxconn, at the White House on July 26.Alex Brandon/AP
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This has got to be the last straw for Utica.

The upstate New York city suffered a pair of public blows this week. On Wednesday, Foxconn announced at an event at the White House that it will site a new tech factory in Wisconsin. Utica had aggressively pursued a $7 billion factory bid with Foxconn, which makes flatscreen components for Apple.