FACT CHECK: President Trump takes credit for another factory approved under Obama A federal regulatory commission chaired by a Trump appointee did approve a pipeline that will feed ethane to the plant.
Washington In a speech on Tuesday at Royal Dutch ethane cracker plant northwest of Pittsburgh, President Donald Trump claimed he was the sole president responsible for the plant's existence.
"It was the Trump administration that made it possible. No one else. Without us, you would never have been able to do this," he said.Trump was taking far too much credit.Facts First: Shell made its final decision to build the plant in June 2016, during Barack Obama's presidency. A federal regulatory commission chaired by a Trump appointee did approve a pipeline that will feed ethane to the plant. Shell announced the likely site of the plant in 2012.
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