Top headline: White House press release
Bottom headline: New York Times
Talmon Joseph Smith reports:
The president and his vice president, JD Vance, have also pledged that Mr. Trump's tariff campaign would revive manufacturing jobs, including those in the skilled trades.
Instead, the parts of the blue-collar labor market occupied primarily by men have been slowing for over a year. Jobs in sectors that include the trades, such as manufacturing and construction, have racked up roughly 150,000 net losses on an annual basis as of March, based on calculations by Joey Politano, an economic analyst. In contrast, health care and social assistance jobs, professions that women typically dominate, generated the most job growth in 2025.
More tradesmen like plumbers and pipe fitters are retiring, opening up some opportunities for younger workers, but the slowdown in hiring across the labor market is limiting demand for new labor. Mr. Trump’s tariff increases, which he said would bring blue-collar jobs back to the United States, have instead raised costs for manufacturers — as well as the repair and maintenance sectors — and elevated inflation and interest rates have also slowed business.
We've foolishly allowed an incompetent businessman to run the country.
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