Germany, as just one example, doesn't seem to have a problem with a hollowed out manufacturing sector even though they have some of the highest labour cost in the world. Ditto for Switzerland, Singapore and others. There are various reasons for that, none of which is impossible for us to emulate if we had the political will to do so.
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How about this for a good start for newly-elected President Trump: President Trump is able to use his excellent negotiating skills to bring back just 1/2 of the foreign jobs?
Maybe Trump's excellent negotiating skills will save him: For instance, suppose, on the one hand, President Trump cannot not keep his word, and he fails in his attempt in trying to bring 100% of the foreign jobs back to the United States?
But what if, on the other hand, President Trump could use his outstanding negotiating skills to bring just 1/2 of foreign jobs back to the United States.
To me that would be a good start and a great accomplishment for President Trump.
Also, foreign countries might be happy to receive at least 1/2 of the jobs, when there was a chance that President Trump might get mad enough to decide that he was going to work overtime to give foreign countries even less than 1/2 of the jobs he originally was willing to give them.
Foreign leaders might even come to think that they out-negotiated the Great Donald Trump at his own game, when in reality it was Trump who outfoxed the foreign leaders, because he never believed that he could bring all the jobs back to the United States as he had promised, in the first place.
Yes, if President Trump could use his excellent business negotiating skills to bring back at least 1/2 of foreign jobs to the United States, it would be a great accomplishment for new President Trump.