The Minutes of JD Vance on manufacturing https://minutesof.com/jd-vance/on/manufacturing/ Everything JD Vance has said on manufacturing: 12 verbatim quotes from August 2026, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording it came from. en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:23:15 +0000 Vance says the administration supports businesses that build domestically and invest in workers. https://minutesof.com/q/7b38ef2c-d121-44f1-ac51-afe6928d6584/ https://minutesof.com/q/7b38ef2c-d121-44f1-ac51-afe6928d6584/ “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.” — Forbes Breaking News Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:30:18 +0000 manufacturing Vance claims the administration created 29,000 manufacturing jobs in 18 months and reversed wage decline. https://minutesof.com/q/83508289-6542-4ee2-b81a-035cdafffef2/ https://minutesof.com/q/83508289-6542-4ee2-b81a-035cdafffef2/ “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.” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 18:30:40 +0000 manufacturing Vance says communities were told for forty years that domestic manufacturing location doesn't matter. https://minutesof.com/q/90a7eaad-c946-4619-a12a-98412ea3c6f0/ https://minutesof.com/q/90a7eaad-c946-4619-a12a-98412ea3c6f0/ “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.” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:45:22 +0000 manufacturing Vance says factory workers were left powerless and destitute by distant politicians enriching a few. https://minutesof.com/q/d485418d-4323-4736-b141-c9942cb9a872/ https://minutesof.com/q/d485418d-4323-4736-b141-c9942cb9a872/ “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.” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:45:22 +0000 manufacturing Vance says demand for metal cutting and machine tools reached 40-year high under Trump. https://minutesof.com/q/1cc1e8ed-4ebc-4c5c-afab-71fd2fd418d0/ https://minutesof.com/q/1cc1e8ed-4ebc-4c5c-afab-71fd2fd418d0/ “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?” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:58:11 +0000 manufacturing Vance claims 29,000 new manufacturing jobs created in 18 months, reversing wage decline. https://minutesof.com/q/39fcd95e-3361-42ee-9a51-3052a7dffa6c/ https://minutesof.com/q/39fcd95e-3361-42ee-9a51-3052a7dffa6c/ “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.” — Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:58:11 +0000 manufacturing Vance claims trillions of dollars of new investment have poured into U.S. manufacturing facilities under Trump https://minutesof.com/q/f4997104-4796-4925-a295-53e903e8959d/ https://minutesof.com/q/f4997104-4796-4925-a295-53e903e8959d/ “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.” — Forbes Breaking News Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:15:28 +0000 manufacturing Vance asserts that demand for metal cutting and machine tools is at century-high levels in the U.S. https://minutesof.com/q/9224ffea-14d3-4f7c-98d5-14053811dd57/ https://minutesof.com/q/9224ffea-14d3-4f7c-98d5-14053811dd57/ “Demand for metal cutting and similar machine tools is hitting its highest levels in a century in The United States Of America.” — Forbes Breaking News Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:15:28 +0000 manufacturing Vance claims manufacturing wages rose 4.2 percent under Trump after declining under Biden. https://minutesof.com/q/1134304b-568c-460b-9615-d9b0406f2e37/ https://minutesof.com/q/1134304b-568c-460b-9615-d9b0406f2e37/ “manufacturing workers wages actually went up 4.2% where they went down under the Biden administration,” — Forbes Breaking News Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:15:28 +0000 manufacturing