What did Donald Trump claim about the economy on 9 Jan 2020?
Donald Trump, President of the United States and Republican presidential candidate ·
America lost 60,000 factories under the previous administration, 60,000.
Not 60,000. The count of manufacturing establishments fell from 353,643 in early 2009 to 345,178 in late 2016, a drop of 8,465.
The government's count of private manufacturing establishments was 353,643 in the first quarter of 2009 and 345,178 in the fourth quarter of 2016 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, series ENUUS0002051013).
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- 'Keep America Great' campaign rally at the Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio.
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