Tim Cook gives Trump a tour of an Apple factory. Also, Alex Jones is there in an armored truck.

President Donald Trump tours Flextronics International, LTD in Austin, Texas, with Apple CEO Tim Cook, left, on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. Flextronics International is one of the manufacturers of Apple’s iMac computers. (Pete Marovich/The New York Times) less President Donald Trump tours Flextronics International, LTD in Austin, Texas, with Apple CEO Tim Cook, left, on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. Flextronics International is one of the manufacturers of Apple’s iMac ... more Photo: Pete Marovich, NYT Photo: Pete Marovich, NYT Image 1 of / 12 Caption Close Tim Cook gives Trump a tour of an Apple factory. Also, Alex Jones is there in an armored truck. 1 / 12 Back to Gallery

While Republicans and Democrats were duking it out with Gordon Sondland on Capitol Hill, President Donald Trump was far from Washington, D.C. The president was in Texas touring a factory that assembles Mac Pro computers.

Apple CEO Tim Cook led Trump, his daughter and senior adviser Ivanka, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on a tour of the Austin facility.

The presidential visit follows Apple’s announcement in September that it would continue manufacturing the latest generation of the Mac Pro in Austin — a move that came once the Trump administration agreed to waive tariffs on certain computer parts made in China.

“When you build it in the United States, you don’t have to worry about tariffs,” Trump said, with Cook standing by his side.

While you might expect liberals to be upset with the visit, the loudest protests were coming from — for some reason — Alex Jones. The far-right conspiracy theorist and InfoWars radio host was outside the Austin factory Wednesday doing his signature yelling, but this time from on top of an armored truck.

Alex Jones, riding in an armored vehicle, is protesting Apple in front of the factory here in Austin where President Trump will soon arrive. pic.twitter.com/o8ud5LoqiF — Sarah Westwood (@sarahcwestwood) November 20, 2019

As usual with Jones, it's hard to tell exactly who he's yelling at, but a video on Twitter shows him chanting, "America is back" again and again. So there's that.

There was also a group of anti-Trump protesters gathered outside the facility, though they were on foot.

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To commemorate the visit, the president took to Twitter and falsely claimed he "opened a major Apple manufacturing plant" today.

1. It’s not an Apple plant

2. It was not just opened today

3. Apple has been manufacturing Mac Pros in Austin since 2013

4. It’s not bringing back any new jobs https://t.co/zANHP2wgse — Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) November 20, 2019

Apple's largest campus outside its Cupertino headquarters is in Austin. The company says about 6,000 of its employees work in Austin, and it has plans to create an additional 5,000 jobs as part of a $1 billion expansion announced last year. The Mac Pro assembly plant is run by Flex Ltd.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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