part of me is curious if this is a way to appease the administration due to high pressure [0] and wait out the next election cycle. They are talking about 2021-

part of me is curious if this is a way to appease the administration due to high pressure [0] and wait out the next election cycle. They are talking about 2021-2029. Even if Trump is reelected, I could see them leasing an existing fab and have a ribbon cutting ceremony for Trump to get his photo-op and then just weigh their options with minimal additional expenditure (they've already commented on opening a fab in US won't be economical [1]) with the thinking that a few $million spent on a lease and avoiding antagonizing Trump might all be worthwhile in any kind of tariffs on their business. [0] http://archive.is/XYzCd http://archive.is/XYzCd [1] https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/TSMC-weighs-new-US-plant-to-respond-to-Trump-pressure https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/TSMC-weighs-new-... edited my post by adding these articles as well as editing the text to better reference the links