Trump Will Struggle to Keep Job Promise

Quick, answer this: Does America make stuff anymore? Anyone who listened during the presidential election may be inclined to think not. Both candidates decried the disappearance of good-paying manufacturing jobs. President-elect Donald Trump garnered votes with his promise to restore America’s manufacturing base to its former glory. “Under decades of failed leadership, the United States has gone from being the globe’s manufacturing powerhouse — the envy of the world — through a rapid de-industrialization,” Trump wrote in one op-ed. On the campaign trail, he promised to bring back American manufacturing jobs by making sure U.S. trading partners can’t take advantage of us — including slapping a tariff of 45 percent on China, if necessary.