Another Trump lie. Sad!
Alternative fact: President Trump claims to have restored America’s manufacturing might.
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) February 5, 2020
Reality: America manufacturing index is at its lowest point since 2009. #SOTU2020https://t.co/jTEdSGg81M
There's a reason Trump is talking about the number of *factories* not factory *jobs* https://t.co/6dsMRSpPQs pic.twitter.com/6l6Ttz8jNU
— David Frum (@davidfrum) February 5, 2020
#SOTU fact check: Trump said “we are restoring our nation's manufacturing might.”
— POLITICO (@politico) February 5, 2020
The U.S. manufacturing sector actually slid into a decline last year, with 12,000 jobs lost in December compared to the month before, notes our trade reporter @mmcassella.https://t.co/32A4busdvO pic.twitter.com/oWfw3aP6qa
Snapshot of Trump’s “manufacturing renaissance”: the sector’s share of the economy is now the smallest in 72 years of data. #SOTU pic.twitter.com/Vn2ShIzLTG
— Steven Rattner (@SteveRattner) February 5, 2020
This is extremely misleading. There was a net decline in manufacturing jobs under Obama-Biden, but almost all of it happened during the recession they inherited in 2009. There was an increase every year from 2010 through 2015. Official data: https://t.co/t8HU3Ses5S pic.twitter.com/Z3ulc1pmRF
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 22, 2019
Blue-collar hiring in the U.S. has slowed to a trickle: Rex Nutting https://t.co/AHTj9YrlyZ
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) February 7, 2020
Sad! 