What did Donald Trump claim about the economy on 5 Feb 2019? "We have created 5.3 million new jobs and, importantly…"
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
We have created 5.3 million new jobs and, importantly, added 600,000 new manufacturing jobs, something which almost everyone said was impossible to do.
Not 600,000. Manufacturing jobs rose by about 479,000 from November 2016 to January 2019, and by about 456,000 counting from January 2017.
Manufacturing employment rose from 12.311 million in November 2016 to 12.790 million in January 2019, about 479,000 jobs, not 600,000. Counted from January 2017 (12.334 million), the gain was about 456,000 (BLS Current Employment Statistics, series CES3000000001).
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- State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, House chamber, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.
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