Fact-check · Aug 21, 2026 · JD Vance
“All net job growth”
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What the record shows
BLS data shows native-born employment increased and foreign-born employment decreased in Trump's second term (Jan-Nov 2025), but economists note these figures are statistical artifacts from Census Bureau population estimates made in 2024, not evidence of actual job displacement.
Sources
- Manufacturing Employment Data Confirm the Concentrated Benefits—and Dispersed Costs—of Trump’s Tariffs | Cato at Liberty Blog
- Trump’s Trade War Squeezes Middle-Class Manufacturing Employment - Center for American Progress
- Trump Tariffs Tracker: Rates, Revenue, and Impact | 2026 Tariffs
- Improved job numbers make Trump’s trade tariffs look even worse
- Fact Check: Did the Trump tariffs increase US manufacturing jobs? | Econofact
- US jobs market facing ‘Trump slump’ as tariffs bite
From: Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks in Middletown, OH
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