It takes a high tech manufacturing plant typically 5-7 years to build. CEO’s are not bringing their plants back because Trump will be gone well before that time. CEO’s prefer paying for $3 an hour labor along with many raw materials cant be found in the US. Btw, typically a high tech robotic run plant needs HIGHLY skilled educated workers, not the normal joe blow worker. Youll need IT and engineering degrees.

Untrustworthy and Disgraceful? What nonsense.
If so then why do we have our military deployed around the world at great expense to our economy? Its time we pursue policies that support the USAs interest over our so called allies.

Germany – Largest U.S. military presence in Europe; bases like Ramstein and Grafenwöhr.
Italy – Naval and Air Force bases (e.g., Aviano, Naples).
United Kingdom – Several Air Force bases, including RAF Lakenheath.
Poland – Increasing troop presence under NATO initiatives.
Romania, Bulgaria, and the Baltics (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) – Rotational deployments, NATO reassurance.
Japan – One of the largest overseas deployments; includes Okinawa and Yokota Air Base.
South Korea – Large presence (~28,000 troops) as a deterrent against North Korea.
Guam – Strategic U.S. territory with significant naval and air assets.
Philippines & Australia – Rotational deployments and training agreements.
Turkey – Incirlik Air Base, strategic for Middle East operations.
Kuwait – Major logistical and support hub.
Qatar – Al Udeid Air Base, key for CENTCOM operations.
Bahrain – Home of the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet.
United Arab Emirates (UAE) – Air Force presence and joint training.
Iraq & Syria – Troops remain for anti-ISIS operations and advisory roles.
Djibouti – Camp Lemonnier, the main U.S. base in Africa.
*****, Kenya, Somalia – Smaller, mission-specific deployments focused on counterterrorism and training.
Chart: Where U.S. Troops Are Based Around The World | Statista

Not to mention companies will spring up around these factories offering supporting jobs.

Pharmaceuticals/medicine are my main concern. We need to bring them home

Plant Doesn’t Matter as much as corporate offices
 

We put our troops there because it benefits US interests over the entire world.

You seem to have missed the word “recent.”

There also appears to be a lack of appreciation/understanding for what is in the best interest of the US.

How do you know this to be a fact?

AHH The power of negotiation

Isn’t part of the idea of tariffs on China to convince Americans to just stop buying Chinese products because they are no longer good deals? (And likewise for other countries.) If that leads to us not buying that product from anywhere at any price, at least the money hasn’t gone overseas. So, iPhone buyers don’t buy a new iPhone because they don’t want to pay an extra thousand for it. They keep their perfectly good old phone. Similarly, Lexus drivers in The Villages may buy a new Lincoln—though the price will go up because so much of it is made elsewhere—or maybe they will buy nothing. Same for Toyotas, Hyundais, Subarus, etc. the real idea is less making money off your purchase as a tax, though if you BUY something with tariffs, that’s essentially what it is. The idea is to get patriotic Americans to stop buying products from overseas, period, whether they buy an American product instead or not. Then the trade imbalance stops. After all, people in other countries don’t really want to buy more things that we make because they can’t afford them, even without tariffs.

Think about it. If you stop buying products with levied tariffs because you aren’t willing to pay an extra 20% or 50% or 100%, you will need to stop shopping at WalMart, the Dollar Store, Home Depot, etc. These stores may be forced into bankruptcy if tariffs continue for a year. But that is how the trade imbalance is solved. The alternative is for the foreign countries to stop subsidizing their own companies and let the cost of the items rise to what they actually cost to produce and sell. Oh, but doesn’t that raise your costs when you go shopping? Yes. For a lot of things you like to buy, there are no completely American equivalents. You will either have to do without or pay higher costs for the overseas product you love, and your purchase at least, at that higher price, will put more money in our U.S. Treasury. It’s a bit like a Luxury Tax, but a Luxury Tax on WalMart Shoppers who used to buy products there because they were less expensive.

:cryin2: All this consternation makes me glad I'm on the other side of 70.

I remember back in the 1990s when Walmart had a lot of USA made products.

Yet to be a list of countries……….

And what is that interest? That's right.. a world free from communism. Guess we aren't so crazy after all.

So you're telling us every worker in a high tech manufacturing plant has an IT and Engineering degree?

It's most likely all those educational skills were gleaned from American colleges where we blindly educate students from all different countries and send our brilliance back to their homes.