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Fox pretends Trump and his tariffs have revived manufacturing, but reports show the US has lost 72,000 manufacturing jobs since April

Media Matters for America · Media Matters for America · last updated

Fox News pretended that President Donald Trump and his tariffs had revived America’s manufacturing sector while Trump was on tour to defend his economic policies. But the most-recent data shows that manufacturing employment has declined by 72,000 since Trump announced his sweeping tariffs in April, and multiple industry surveys in recent months show a slowdown in manufacturing sector activity, with many manufacturers directly blaming the tariffs.

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