America’s industrial decline is reaching point of no return
By Paulina Velasco, The Hill
President Trump believes his vow to halt outsourcing and turn America into a manufacturing superpower is a “promise kept.” But as factories continue to cut jobs, the reality looks starkly different.
Even with the government shutdown delaying data, few expect good news about manufacturing. The Center for American Progress projects that the manufacturing sector shed 12,000 jobs in August alone — 42,000 since April, when “Liberation Day” tariffs kicked in.
