White House Releases Ohio Record as President Trump Returns: Over 1.2 Million Workers Claimed $3.4 Billion in No Tax on Overtime Deductions, Nvidia Financing Up to $105 Billion Data Center
Washington — The White House on October 28 released an Ohio fact sheet as President Donald J. Trump returned to the Buckeye State, summarizing what it described as a record of results for Ohio workers, families, seniors, farmers and communities, including historic tax relief, falling crime, surging private investment, stronger rural healthcare and new resources for the state's defense industry. President Trump is scheduled to deliver remarks in Chillicothe at 7:00 p.m. ET on October 28.
On taxes, the White House said the Working Families Tax Cuts are putting money back in the pockets of Ohio workers, families and seniors: more than 1.2 million Ohio workers claimed $3.4 billion in No Tax on Overtime deductions in 2026; more than 1.5 million Ohio seniors benefited from the new senior deduction, with the average senior expected to pay zero federal taxes on Social Security benefits; and Ohio taxpayers saw average refunds of $3,308 in 2026. The White House said the tax cuts safeguarded 208,000 Ohio jobs, $37 billion in state GDP and $19 billion in wages, and permanently locked in the increased death tax exemption indexed for inflation, 100% expensing, a doubled Section 179 limit and the 20% small business deduction, while expanding crop insurance and raising reference prices for the first time in over a decade.
On rural healthcare, the White House said Ohio secured more than $200 million in first-year funding under the Rural Health Transformation Program, and the administration awarded $92 million across 22 rural Ohio hospitals to support coordinated care networks, maternal health services and equipment and facilities upgrades.
On public safety, the White House said statewide homicides dropped 16.1% last year; Columbus hit a 16-year low in homicides in 2025, with further declines in 2026; Cincinnati saw homicides fall more than 6% in 2025 and another 19% in the first half of 2026 compared with the same period the year before; and Cleveland recorded double-digit drops in 2025 — homicides down 16%, rapes down 28%, auto thefts down 26% and robberies down 24% — with rapes falling another 8% and robberies another 21% in the first half of 2026.
On investment, the White House listed projects including Nvidia financing up to $105 billion for a new super intelligence (SI) data center in Pike County; Electra investing $850 million to open its first EL9 Ultra Short aircraft production facility in Springfield, creating 1,975 new jobs; Stellantis investing $400 million in its Toledo Assembly Complex, creating over 900 jobs; Bayer investing $2.2 billion to build a pharmaceutical manufacturing campus in New Albany, creating about 600 permanent jobs and 1,500 construction jobs; Honda investing up to $2.5 billion to build a new hybrid vehicle production plant in Ohio; Hikma Pharmaceuticals investing $267 million to expand its facilities in Columbus and Bedford, creating 350 new jobs; Weidmann investing $150 million to renovate and expand a historic former paper mill in Middletown; Kreate investing $100 million for a new facility in Tiffin; Kimberly-Clark investing $800 million to build its first new U.S. plant in 37 years in Warren; and Vallourec investing $48 million to expand its operations in Youngstown.
On energy and communities, the White House said the administration formed a public-private partnership with SoftBank Group and SB Energy to build 10 gigawatts of new power generation in southern Ohio, with $40 million in community benefits from SB Energy; launched a five-year, $10 million research initiative for East Palestine to study the long-term health impacts of the 2023 train derailment; and awarded $500 million to support a $1 billion investment at Cleveland-Cliffs' Middletown Works facility, protecting 2,300 jobs.
On defense, the White House said President Trump announced in October that Cleveland will be home to the new U.S. Submarine Component Repair Center; the first Ohio-built Fury fighter drone for the U.S. Air Force rolled off the line in July at Anduril's Arsenal-1 plant in Pickaway County, a $910.5 million project expected to create more than 4,000 jobs; and the FY 2026 NDAA provided more than $72 million for Ohio defense projects, including $60 million for work at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 特朗普总统在白宫椭圆形办公室「坚毅桌」后展示刚签署的法案文件（资料图，2025年7月18日）。白宫官方照片，Daniel Torok 摄，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / President Donald Trump holds up a signed bill folder at the Resolute desk in the Oval Office, July 18, 2025 (file photo). Official White House photo by Daniel Torok (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons.
