Fact check: Walz falsely claims Trump lost more manufacturing jobs than any other president
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Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz falsely claimed in a high-profile Monday television appearance that more manufacturing jobs were lost under President Donald Trump than any other president.
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz falsely claimed in a high-profile Monday television appearance that more manufacturing jobs were lost under President Donald Trump than any other president. “We know Donald Trump lost more manufacturing jobs than any president in American history. That’s simply factual,” the Minnesota governor said in an interview on the ABC talk show “The View.” It’s not factual. Facts First: Walz’s claim is false. Official statistics show that significantly more manufacturing jobs were lost during the presidencies of George W. Bush (4.54 million), George H.W. Bush (1.27 million), Dwight D. Eisenhower (1.2 million), Gerald Ford (767,000) and Ronald Reagan (582,000) than during the Trump presidency (178,000). There were also slightly more manufacturing jobs lost under President Barack Obama (195,000) than under Trump, though that was overwhelmingly because Obama inherited a steep recession. It’s fair to note that, unlike Trump, most of these presidents had two terms in the White House. But Trump does not even have the record for manufacturing jobs lost among presidents who served one term (like George H.W. Bush) or a partial term (Ford served about 2½ years after he took over for President Richard Nixon). As always, it’s important to note that job numbers are affected by numerous global and domestic factors other than who the president is. And the fact that the economy lost manufacturing jobs during Trump’s years in office was overwhelmingly because of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in the fourth year.
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