[mywittyname]

> So I wonder what would have happened had Trump not been president, or alternatively, what tax breaks he promised.

Someone else in this thread noted the fab was announced in 2011 but Intel decided not to move forward with it's completion until a later date.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2088040/intel-puts-on-hold-fa...

> It was announced by former Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini during a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama to an Intel facility in Hillsboro, Oregon, and was highlighted by Obama as an example of U.S. manufacturing potential.

Intel doesn't seem to care who is President.