The press on Trump's bringing jobs back to America - from Don Surber:
President Trump proves the press wrong again
- From CNN on February 16: "Why it would be tough for Trump to bring jobs back from China."
- From Fortune magazine on August 22: "Why Trump’s and Clinton’s Promises to Revive Manufacturing Are Cruel.
- From USA Today on November 4: "Why Donald Trump will fail to bring back factory jobs."
- From Business Insider on November 25: "Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Paul Krugman: No matter what Trump does, manufacturing jobs are not coming back to the US."
- From NPR on December 1: "Carrier Will Keep 1,000 Jobs In U.S., But Trump Faces A Much Tougher Problem."
- From CNBC on December 1: "Trump's Carrier deal aside, here's why most US factory jobs aren't coming back."
- And lest we forget Economist Nate Silver and his friends from 538 on May 16: "Manufacturing Jobs Are Never Coming Back."
And segueing to today:
Now the real reality check.
From the Associated Press:
Japanese electronics company Panasonic and U.S. electric car maker Tesla said Tuesday they plan to begin production of photovoltaic cells and modules at a factory in Buffalo, New York.
The two companies said they finalized an agreement calling for Tokyo-based Panasonic to pay capital costs for the manufacturing. Palo Alto, California-based Tesla made a "long-term purchase commitment" to Panasonic.
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