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Trump’s manufacturing promise backfires: Data shows 75,000 lost jobs
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Alternet.org
Even though 63 percent of Americans oppose President Donald Trump’s tariffs, the Republican recently depicted himself as “The Jobfather” (complete with a parodied poster of the 1972 film “The Godfather”) through the Department of Labor.
“Since his re-election, we've lost 75,000 manufacturing jobs and $60 Billion in annual factory construction,” The Lincoln Project posted on X on Wednesday.
The Lincoln Project referenced recent figures from the Department of Labor, which produced payroll figures proving manufacturing employment has fallen by 75,000 since Trump’s inauguration.
Speaking with AlterNet earlier in July, one economist explained that Trump’s tariffs have in general created a climate of economic volatility.
In February the liberal-leaning think tank Center for American Progress estimated that Trump’s tariffs had cost Americans manufacturing jobs in the six digits.