President Trump is all in, touting his success in rebuilding US manufacturing.  For example, in his state of the union address he claimed:

We are restoring our nation’s manufacturing might, even though predictions were that this could never be done. After losing 60,000 factories under the previous two administrations, America has now gained 12,000 new factories under my administration.

Apparently, it is a family achievement.  Joe Ragazzo, writing at TPM Café, reports that:

In a towering act of sycophantry, the National Association of Manufacturers announced Friday that it will be giving Ivanka Trump the organization’s first ever Alexander Hamilton Award for “extraordinary support of manufacturing in America.” The organization made the outrageous claim that “no one”  — no one! — has ever “provided singular leadership and shown an unwavering commitment to modern manufacturing in America” like she has.

Unfortunately, US manufacturing is far from healthy.

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The reality is that…