He was elected in 2016, took office in 2017. you can see the acceleration in manufacturing jobs. I'm not sure why 2019 was flat. But then covid hit.“Manufacturing was growing under Trump.”
It wasn’t. At least measuring by the ISM index. It was flat in his first two years, had a large decline in 2019, and collapsed in 2020 during Covid. It bounced back at the very end of his term, to just a little above where it started.
He was elected in 2016, took office in 2017. you can see the acceleration in manufacturing jobs. I'm not sure why 2019 was flat. But then covid hit.What was the trend(s) in 2012-2016?