Trump announces massive Audi plant while stumping for mid-terms

President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that a major new Audi plant will be built in Georgia as he tries to make good on his promise to bolster American manufacturing in the final days before the midterms.

Speaking at a rally in Perry, Georgia, where he was stumping for Republican candidates, Trump said that Audi, the German luxury brand owned by Volkswagen, would be committing $4.2 billion in nearby Macon to begin construction on a plant that will produce 200,000 cars a year.

"Think of that. 200,000 cars a year. That's incredible," Trump said, crediting his aggressive and unpopular tariffs for pushing the company to build the plant.

He was joined on stage at the rally by Gernot Döllner, the chairman of the board of management, who said the plant would be producing "our biggest and most premium SUVs."

"This is a long-term investment because we believe in the American market. Thank you very much, thank you," said Döllner.