Trump touts $90 billion Pennsylvania investment at Mack Trucks rally

Trump the president told a crowd at a Lehigh Valley truck plant that his tax cuts saved Pennsylvanians $3,500 last year, then drew cheers by joking about another term.

First Published: July 14, 2026, 7:02 AM ET

WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald Trump carried his economic pitch to a Mack Trucks plant in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley.

Here is the full post on truthsocial: “Pennsylvanians placed their trust in President Trump, and he’s delivered for them: The President signed the largest middle-class tax cuts in history, saving Pennsylvanians $3,500 last year. Companies invested over $90 billion in the Commonwealth. President Trump was welcomed by loud ”USA“ chants as he took the stage to begin his speech in Macungie, Pennsylvania. NOW: President Trump holds a rally JAMPACKED with workers at a MAC TRUCKS facility in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania. The crowd broke out in DEAFENING chants of ”USA! USA!“ Thankfully, President Trump can shift focus back to DOMESTIC policies, like the American manufacturing revival, now that the Iran situation is simmering down. Mack’s facility in Lehigh Valley is 1.7 MILLION square feet, and employs THOUSANDS of blue collar Americans. Trump drew cheers in Pennsylvania after joking about the possibility of running for office again. The comment came during a speech at the Mack Trucks facility in Macungie and quickly generated discussion because of the Constitution’s two-term limit for presidents.”

The post cited by supporters said the president signed the largest middle-class tax cuts in history, saving Pennsylvanians $3,500 last year, and that companies invested more than $90 billion in the Commonwealth. Supporters described a crowd packed into a 1.7 million-square-foot facility that employs thousands of workers. The figures came from social-media accounts amplifying the rally and remain claims rather than independently verified results.

The stakes fall heaviest on Pennsylvania’s manufacturing workforce and the swing voters who decide statewide races. Mack Trucks builds heavy commercial vehicles, and its Lehigh Valley operations anchor a region that shifted toward Trump in recent elections. A message tying tax relief and factory investment to blue-collar jobs targets the households most exposed to industrial swings.

President Donald J. Trump holds a rally at a Mack Trucks facility in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania on 07/14/2026.

The two-term limit sits in the 22nd Amendment, ratified in 1951, which bars any person from winning the presidency more than twice, according to the National Archives (see archives.gov). Trump’s joke about running again drew cheers but carries no legal path without amending the Constitution.

For the average reader, the claims translate into a debate over take-home pay and local hiring. A $3,500 annual reduction, if accurate for a typical household, would ease costs at a time of stretched budgets, while pledged plant investment signals future job security across the Lehigh Valley.

Has this happened before? This has happened before. Trump has staged repeated manufacturing-focused events in Pennsylvania across his campaigns and his presidency, framing the state as central to his economic argument, and the Commonwealth has swung between the parties in consecutive presidential cycles.

President Donald J. Trump touts a $90 billion Pennsylvania investment at the Mack Trucks facility in Macungie, Pennsylvania, on 07/14/2026.

The next decisions rest with voters and with Congress on any tax provisions set to expire, though no date for a specific vote or ruling tied to these claims has been announced.

Presidential dreams of a longer stay in office have collided with the Constitution before. Franklin D. Roosevelt won four elections between 1932 and 1944, the only president to break the two-term tradition set by George Washington, according to Encyclopedia Britannica (see britannica.com). His unmatched tenure prompted lawmakers to codify the limit in the 22nd Amendment, ensuring no successor could repeat it.