Vance endorses Steve Cortes article claiming Trump policies are causing generational shift in US manufacturing
“Great article by Steve Cortes on the manufacturing boom we’re seeing build in the US. Donald Trump’s policies are causing a generational shift in our economy. https://t.co/fmzesvJg11”
Vance endorses Steve Cortes article claiming Trump policies are causing generational shift in US manufacturing
“Great article by Steve Cortes on the manufacturing boom we’re seeing build in the US. Donald Trump’s policies are causing a generational shift in our economy. https://t.co/fmzesvJg11”
Vance visits steel mill where his grandfather worked, expressing pride in his background and the facility's impact
“Returning today as the Vice President of the United States, standing in the exact steel mill where my Papaw worked for decades to put food on the table, I couldn’t help but feel immense pride. Pride not only of where I came from and the impact places like this had on who I https://t.co/6uGTdINk0t”
Vance claims manufacturing wages rose 4.2 percent under Trump after declining under Biden.
“manufacturing workers wages actually went up 4.2% where they went down under the Biden administration,”
Vance says 29,000 manufacturing jobs have been created in 2026, reversing years of decline.
“We created more than 29,000 new jobs in the sector in 2026 so far, reversing years of decline in manufacturing employment.”
Vance asserts that demand for metal cutting and machine tools is at century-high levels in the U.S.
“Demand for metal cutting and similar machine tools is hitting its highest levels in a century in The United States Of America.”
Vance says manufacturing wages rose 4.2 percent after falling under Biden, with higher gains in sectors with reduced illegal immigration.
“manufacturing workers wages actually went up 4.2% where they went down under the Biden administration, and frankly, they've been higher in the industries where you've seen that decline in illegal immigration into our country like construction and commercial trucking.”
Vance states 83,000 factory construction jobs have been added since Trump's inauguration day.
“factory construction employment has exploded. We've added 83,000 factory construction jobs just since inauguration day.”
Vance claims trillions of dollars of new investment have poured into U.S. manufacturing facilities under Trump.
“We have seen trillions, with a t, trillions of new dollars of investment pour into The United States Of America to build new smelters, build new manufacturing facilities, build new mills, build new everything.”
Vance states demand for metal cutting and machine tools has reached a 40-year high in the US.
“Did you know demand for metal cutting and machine tools has hit its highest level in almost forty years in The United States Of America?”
Vance says demand for metal cutting and machine tools reached 40-year high under Trump.
“Did you know demand for metal cutting and machine tools has hit its highest level in almost forty years in The United States Of America?”
Vance claims 29,000 new manufacturing jobs created in 18 months, reversing wage decline.
“We've created in just eighteen months, 29,000 new manufacturing jobs and we've reversed years of wage decline where people were getting poor.”
Vance says the administration reimburses manufacturers like Competec for training and apprenticeship costs.
“We've encouraged manufacturers like Competec to invest more in tooling and then to get reimbursed for the training and the apprentices that they are actually working on and that their people are doing.”
Vance claims 83,000 new factory construction jobs created since Trump's return to office.
“Nationwide, all across our country, factory construction employment has exploded. 83,000 new jobs in factory consunct, construction just since Donald Trump came back into the White House.”
Vance claims 29,000 manufacturing jobs created in eighteen months with wages up 4.2 percent in the past year
“We've created in just eighteen months, 29,000 new manufacturing jobs and we've reversed years of wage decline where people were getting poor. Now finally, we're seeing wages up 4.2% just over the last year.”
Vance argues both parties plundered the country over a generation, screwing over communities for decades.
“This country was plundered over a generation. Our goal is to reverse a consensus that has screwed over communities like this one for decades.”
Vance claims the administration created 29,000 manufacturing jobs in 18 months and reversed wage decline.
“We've created in just eighteen months, 29,000 new manufacturing jobs and we've reversed years of wage decline where people were getting poor.”
Vance says communities were told for forty years that domestic manufacturing location doesn't matter.
“For forty years, places like Brewer have been told that it doesn't matter. That it doesn't matter if we make things here in Maine or 5,000 miles away with foreign workers.”
Vance says factory workers were left powerless and destitute by distant politicians enriching a few.
“Men and women who built their lives around a factory or around the community that existed and was supported by that factory, they were left powerless, and they were left destitute when decisions by far off politicians made this community poor so that a few people could earn a few quick bucks.”
Vance says the administration supports businesses that build domestically and invest in workers.
“That if you're a business that's building in your backyard, if you're investing in your workers and trying to make a great American product, then we are on your side because you are on the side of American workers and American patriots.”