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    FactChecking Trump’s West Virginia Rally

    At a rally in West Virginia, President Donald Trump falsely claimed that his administration is "bringing back to America" manufacturing jobs "by the hundreds of thousands." The post FactChecking Trump’s West Virginia Rally appeared first on FactCheck.org.
    by Eugene Kiely Aug 04, 2017 6 minutes

    At a rally in West Virginia, President Donald Trump falsely claimed that his administration is “bringing back to America” manufacturing jobs “by the hundreds of thousands.” In fact, about 70,000 manufacturing jobs have been added since he took office, federal labor statistics show.

    The president also puffed up his record on creating jobs in general, and coal-mining jobs specifically. He also repeated misleading talking points on the nation’s gross domestic product, immigration, war spending and Hillary Clinton.

    Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

    Trump’s latest campaign-style speech to supporters was on Aug. 3 in Huntington, West Virginia. The president, who campaigned on a promise to be “the greatest jobs president that God ever created,” focused a good part of his speech on jobs and the economy.

    at the time he took office, Trump inherited an economy that was experiencing steady job growth. We said that the unemployment rate was 4.7 percent and the economy had gained jobs for 75 straight months – on record. That streak has continued and the unemployment rate has now dropped to .

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