Blue Press Journal – The latest jobs report has delivered a devastating blow to US President Donald Trump’s promise to revive the country’s manufacturing sector. Despite his boasts of turning the US into a “manufacturing powerhouse,” the numbers tell a starkly different story. Since Trump’s tariff announcement on April 2, the manufacturing sector has lost a staggering 42,000 jobs, with job openings and new hires declining by 76,000 and 18,000, respectively.
The Center for American Progress (CAP) has slammed Trump’s tariff policies, stating that they have had a disproportionately negative impact on the manufacturing sector. “The manufacturing sector is struggling more than the rest of the labor market under Trump’s tariffs, and manufacturing workers’ wage growth is stagnating,” wrote policy analyst Kennedy Andara and economist Sara Estep. This grim assessment is a far cry from Trump’s campaign promises, which touted his tariff regime as a key component of his plan to revive American manufacturing.
Experts are unanimous in their criticism of Trump’s approach. Michael Hicks, director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at Ball State University, told the CBC that “no treasure trove of jobs” is likely to come out of Trump’s tariffs. The US Supreme Court is expected to review Trump’s tariffs soon, following a ruling by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that many of them are illegal.
The facts are clear: Trump’s tariffs have not created jobs or boosted manufacturing but have led to losses and stagnant wages.
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