Trump Claims Samsung Plans “Massive Investment” in US as Result of Tariff Policy

Alright, so here we go—Samsung might just be jumping on the bandwagon of throwing money into the US, you know, like everyone else seems to be doing these days. Trump dropped this little nugget about it while chatting about trade deals with South Korea. I mean, it’s like we’re stuck in a loop. But hold on. Let’s dive in a bit.

So, Samsung, right? I guess they’re gearing up to drop some serious cash in the US—possibly in the electronics game. At least that’s the buzz. The Trump team is hammering out trade agreements with a bunch of countries—India, Japan, South Korea, you name it. And the kicker? These deals seem to nudge foreign companies to shack up stateside. Since Trump rocked up to the White House, a parade of big wigs like Apple, SoftBank, and TSMC have rolled out these grand “multi-billion” dollar schemes in the good ol’ US of A. Now, whisper on the street (well, from The Korea Herald) says Samsung’s next to join the party.

And let’s talk tariffs—seems like the reason why Samsung’s even considering this big move. Trump had this to say, “I heard Samsung is now, because of tariffs, they are going to build massive facilities in the United States. If we didn’t do the tariffs, they wouldn’t be doing that.” Funny how the world spins, right?

Anyway, seems like the only ones getting any leverage are those practically throwing bags of money at the US. Samsung’s probably heading down this road too. They’ve been eyeing expansions in Austin and Texas—which, let’s face it, is old news if you’re in the know. But they’re tossing around numbers like 10,000 jobs. Oh, and there’s that Taylor, Texas joint which is supposed to crank out some next-gen tech like those hyped-up 2nm nodes—NVIDIA’s drooling over these, or so they say.

Oh, random side note: I came across a picture of the Taylor campus—it’s kinda wild. It looks like a kid’s drawing of a futuristic city, but, you know, drawn by a kid who only sees rectangles.

Back to the point—Samsung’s thinking of moving its appliances and TVs elsewhere, assuming they can nail down a sweet tariff deal. So yeah, keep your ear to the ground; we might hear something as soon as Trump wraps up his South Korea trade spiel, possibly by next week. But hey, who knows, right?