Toyota’s $3.6 billion San Antonio plant expansion—creating 2,000 jobs—has become a political flashpoint, with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and others crediting Trump-era trade policies. But Toyota insists federal involvement was nonexistent; the deal hinged on local incentives, not tariffs. The automaker also clarifies it’s not exiting Mexico, maintaining its long-standing strategy of building where demand is strongest. While the administration pushes its narrative of manufacturing revival, Toyota’s quiet pushback reveals a more nuanced reality behind the headlines.

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