Not only that, but technology has eliminated a lot of manufacturing jobs that a few decades ago you could get by simply walking in.The economy is based on the service industry. Uber, uber eats, Amazon prime, restaurants, dog walkers, home care nursing, etc.
Factory workers arent the backbone of the economy anymore and it's not going to go back to that. Nobody wants to be on their feet for 10 hours doing repetitive tasks and risking injury. It is more expensive to find and hire and provide benefits for an American worker who will put these goods together. It's cheaper to have foreign labour do that and some of those savings are passed on to us. Most of the shyt you see in dollar stores and Walmart are made in China.
This could lose him the election because a lot of his most passionate supporters either work or aspire to work in manufacturing.
Contrary to what people say, manufacturing has actually gone up in America but most of those jobs have been taken over by automation.
Conservatives love to blame unions(yes they're not perfect) but at the end of the day its greed greed greed!


