Economics
Trump 2020 Rust Belt Pitch Threatened by Manufacturing Recession
- U.S. factory output declining this year as job growth slows
- President has boasted about gains in workers at factories
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President Donald Trump has been boasting about creating manufacturing jobs in states key to his re-election, but an emerging recession in the sector threatens to reverse that trend and imperil his message.