Thursday's Foxconn groundbreaking, as it happened:1:35 p.m.President Donald Trump praised the groundbreaking for a $10 billion Foxconn plant in Wisconsin.The president said that what used to be a field in Mount Pleasant will become one of the largest developments ever built in the world at 20 million square feet.He says the decision by the Taiwan-based maker of LCD screens and assembler of Apple iPhones shows "America is open for business."___12:50 p.m.Former Gov. Tommy Thompson attended the ceremonial groundbreaking and said he trusts President Donald Trump's strategy on trade, despite his attacks on Harley-Davidson.Thompson is an avid Harley rider and used to say that Wisconsin is the state where "Harley's roar."The former governor said he thinks Trump has a game plan when it comes to Harley. The president has been tweeting criticism of the Milwaukee-based company ever since it announced Monday it was moving some production overseas to avoid European Union tariffs."I think Harley is going to come out of this better than they are today," Thompson said, adding that a lot of what Trump is doing is rhetoric.___1 p.m.House Speaker Paul Ryan and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker say the massive Foxconn Technology Group project will transform the state and make it a magnet for millennials.They both spoke at the ceremony marking the beginning of construction. "This will make us a brain gain state, not a brain drain state," Walker said, predicting it will transform the state like Microsoft did for Washington state.The Foxconn project could employ up to 13,000 people, but opponents say it is costing Wisconsin taxpayers too much.-----12:30 p.m.President Donald Trump and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker grabbed a pair of golden shovels and moved piles of dirt under the hot June sun as part of a ceremonial groundbreaking for the Foxconn Technology Group project.They stood in front of a massive American flag held aloft by a pair of construction cranes Thursday.Trump and Walker were joined by Foxconn CEO Terry Gou, House Speaker Paul Ryan and the first Wisconsin Foxconn employee Christopher Murdock for the ceremony.-----11:55 a.m. President Trump's motorcade has departed Milwaukee's Pfister Hotel after a morning fundraiser and is en route to Mount Pleasant for the groundbreaking of the Foxconn campus.-----Protesters gather in downtown MilwaukeeProtesters gathered Thursday morning near Milwaukee's Pfister Hotel, where President Donald Trump spent the night and was holding a private fundraiser ahead of a ceremonial groundbreaking of the $10 billion Foxconn Technology Group campus.Members of Voces De La Frontera gathered at Zeidler Park for a rally in protest of the president's immigration policies before about 50 people marched to as close as they could get to the cordoned-off hotel at West Wisconsin Avenue and North Jefferson Street."Hey, hey, Ho, ho. Donald Trump has got to go," many chanted. Christine Neumann-Ortiz, executive director of Voces de la Frontera, an immigrant rights organization, said the family separation issue is not unique to border communities. She said it's also happening in the U.S. interior where deportations have increased.One group gathered near North Milwaukee Street and East Clybourn Street and blocked the ramps to the interstate. Another group of protesters were converging on Mount Pleasant, about 30 miles south of Milwaukee, where the beginning of work on Foxconn's 20-million-square-foot campus was to be celebrated Thursday.Nearly 40 groups representing students, environmentalists, civil rights advocates, teachers, union workers and others have organized a protest for the same time. Their counter-event will feature dozens of speakers, a marching band, singers known as the "Raging Grannies" and musicians who plan to play the ominous theme music for Darth Vader and the bad guys from "Star Wars."Presidential ArrivalTrump arrived at the 128th Refueling Wing just before 10 p.m. Wednesday, and after shaking hands and signing some autographs, he headed downtown Milwaukee where the Big Bangs fireworks had just wrapped up.Trump was last in Wisconsin a year ago in Waukesha.Trump FundraiserThe Milwaukee Business Journal reported that prominent Milwaukee business executive Ted Kellner is hosting the fundraiser. The cost to attend startd at $2,700 per couple and went up to $100,000 to be a host and get a picture with the president.Get breaking news alerts with the WISN 12 app or our email newsletters.Follow us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube