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-- 2018 --
January 30: Trump highlighted the strength of the auto industry, saying he "halted government mandates that crippled America's auto workers, so we can get the Motor City revving its engines once again."
But the auto industry's recovery began years ago. If anything, the comeback has lasted so long that it's starting to level off: US car sales fell in 2017 for the first time since 2009, coming in at 17.2 million vehicles. They had set a record in 2016 of 17.6 million cars sold.
Still, the industry is healthy. Car prices are going up, and people are buying more expensive models.
Those trends didn't begin when Trump took office. The Obama administration bailed out General Motors and Chrysler in 2009. What followed was the industry's longest period of sustained growth in decades.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/30/politics/state-of-the-union-address-fact-check/index.html
September 6: It's largely accurate that manufacturing jobs have been on a roll ...
... manufacturing jobs are only slowly recovering the ground they have lost since the 1980s, and especially after the Great Recession in 2008 and 2009. Here’s the long view of manufacturing employment in the United States:
https://www.politifact.com/west-virginia/statements/2018/sep/06/west-virginia-republican-party/its-largely-accurate-manufacturing-jobs-have-been-/
October 16: The Trump Manufacturing Jobs Boom: 10 Times Obama's Over 21 Months
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckdevore/2018/10/16/the-trump-manufacturing-jobs-boom-10-times-obamas-over-21-months/#1aa69f1c5850
December 18: At an October 2016 campaign rally in Warren, Michigan, then-candidate Donald Trump promised that not one plant would be lost on his watch. Now, just two years later, General Motors says it plans to shutter five manufacturing plants and lay off up to 14,000 workers. The General Motors facility in Warren — where Trump made his campaign promise — is among the factories being closed.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/12/18/trump-failing-workers-general-motors-layoffs-trade-tax-cuts-column/2342111002/
-- 2019 --
January 4: 312,000 Jobs Added In December, Manufacturing Growing 714% Faster Under Trump Than Obama
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckdevore/2019/01/04/312000-jobs-added-in-december-manufacturing-growing-714-faster-under-trump-than-obama/#2ea83c585b50
January 4: As Trump touts 'thriving' steel industry and manufacturing, insiders disagree
The monthly jobs report showed a modest uptick in steel but major gains in healthcare, manufacturing, and hospitality.
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-touts-thriving-steel-industry-manufacturing-insiders-disagree-n954866
January 4: Manufacturers under Trump had best year for jobs since '97
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/4/manufacturers-under-donald-trump-had-best-year-job/
January 7: Trump's Touchdown Celebration Over Manufacturing Growth Is A Dangerous Distraction
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidvolodzko/2019/01/07/trumps-touchdown-celebration-over-manufacturing-growth-is-a-dangerous-distraction/#5504228c6724
January 30: Foxconn's change of plans in Wisconsin undercuts Trump's promises on manufacturing
President Donald Trump went quiet on Wednesday as a deal that would have delivered thousands of new US manufacturing jobs -- and for which he took credit -- began to crumble.
Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn said it is looking at rewiring plans to invest $10 billion in a high-tech manufacturing plant in Wisconsin. Instead of hiring the blue-collar workers Trump promised to put back to work, Foxconn is now instead planning to recruit researchers, designers and engineers into a "technology hub" rather than opening a factory -- a move that caught state officials off guard.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/30/politics/trump-foxconn-manufacturing/index.html
February 5: Donald Trump’s Broken Promises in Lordstown
On the campaign trail in 2016, the billionaire told GM workers their jobs were safe. Soon the Chevy Cruze plant in Ohio will close
While the commitment Trump made to [G.M. Ohio workers] might have been simplistic, the president’s broader efforts to bolster manufacturing, renegotiate trade agreements, and address trade imbalances have been complex and, in some cases, successful, according to half a dozen economists and experts, liberal and conservative. The most recent jobs report showed that 304,000 jobs were added in January, 13,000 in manufacturing. Since Trump’s inauguration, the total number of Americans working in manufacturing has risen by at least 473,000. The unemployment rate has fallen to 4 percent.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/02/trumps-record-manufacturing-mixed-and-complicated/582049/
-- 2020 --
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