What did Donald Trump claim about the economy on 3 Aug 2017?
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
They don't talk about reforms to the VA or about manufacturing jobs we're bringing back to America by the hundreds of thousands.
Manufacturing had gained tens of thousands of jobs, not hundreds of thousands. Factories added about 56,000 jobs from January to July 2017.
Manufacturing employment was 12,334,000 in January 2017 and 12,390,000 in July 2017, a gain of 56,000 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, series CES3000000001, seasonally adjusted).
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- Make America Great Again rally, Big Sandy Superstore Arena, Huntington, West Virginia.
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