If they make a promise to spend money and economic conditions change to the extent that they would lose money, it makes sense to not continue with that commitment.

Comparing a company making a profit with a politician trying to get elected is not fair.

It means you can't hold it against a company if an investment no longer seems profitable.

Blame your politicians, who feel the need to hold a ribbon cutting ceremony before anything is signed.

"Rural KY" is not all that big, a couple million people, if that, and solely exists to the rest of the US for low-key victim-blaming election cycle human interest dreck.

These news stories about manufacturing expansion are all about development just outside large towns and cities, like bowling green, louisville, cincinnati, ... and will draw similar demographic than if they were in Texas, Georgia, or North Carolina.

And fwiw, just nitpicking, "rural ky" can also include the bluegrass, and that's just plain comfortably rich.

https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/manufactur...

Mostly in red-states, tbh, because they have fewer regulations slowing down building stuff.

Also, Trump is a prove loser who will lose again.