In recent public events, President Joe Biden touted the manufacturing job gains on his watch. They’re real and stem in part from his policies. But he overstates how his record has differed from that of former President Donald Trump.
President Joe Biden attends an event to support legislation that would encourage domestic manufacturing and strengthen supply chains for computer chips in Washington on March 9, 2022. • Manufacturing jobs have increased under President Joe Biden. But the increase began under his predecessor, Donald Trump, and is because of policies enacted by both of them.
"On Trump’s watch, American manufacturing was hollowed out. On my watch, ‘Made in America’ isn’t just a slogan, it’s a reality," BidenThree days later, Biden traveled to Syracuse, New York, to spotlight plans by Micron to invest in microchip manufacturing. "This country lost over 180,000 manufacturing jobs under the last guy that had this job," Bidenthere. "We’ve created 700,000 manufacturing jobs on my watch, adding manufacturing jobs at a faster rate than in 40 years.
President Joe Biden speaks with Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger at the groundbreaking of a new Intel semiconductor manufacturing facility in New Albany, Ohio, on Sep. 9, 2022. Gary Burtless, an economist at the Brookings Institution, a research and policy center in Washington, D.C., agreed that the gain in about 700,000 manufacturing jobs since the pandemic-era low has been unusually rapid. He said this was enabled by some things that a president can control, notably the federal pandemic aid programs for businesses, unemployed workers and Americans who received stimulus checks. Collectively, such policies kept consumer demand for manufactured goods strong.
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