#1 According to Google AI, America has lost almost 70,000 factories since 2000…

Since 2000, almost 70,000 factories have closed in the United States. This is part of a broader downturn in the U.S. manufacturing sector, which has also resulted in the loss of more than 5 million jobs.

#2 In July 1979, 19.5 million Americans worked in manufacturing. Today, only 12.8 million Americans work in manufacturing, although our country’s population is much larger than in 1979.

#3 According to a recent survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, 59% of Americans believe that the United States has lost much more than it has gained from free trade.

#4 In 1959, manufacturing accounted for 28% of all U.S. economic output. At the beginning of the Great Recession in 2008, manufacturing accounted for only 11.5% of all U.S. economic output. Today, manufacturing accounts for only 10.3% of all U.S. economic output.

#5 More than a billion mobile phones are sold worldwide every year. Only a few thousand of them are manufactured in the United States.

#6 The size of our trade deficit with China in 2024 was $295,000,000,000.

#7 At the moment, China produces about 4 times more cars per year than the United States.

#8 At the dawn of the industry, 100% of all semiconductors were manufactured in the United States. Today, this figure has dropped to 8%.

#9 Russia produces three times more artillery shells than the United States and Europe combined.

#10 The United States spends approximately $3 on Chinese goods for every dollar the Chinese spend on goods from the United States.

#11 Our stores are literally bursting with goods made in China. At the same time, soybeans are the main export commodity from the United States to China.

#12 More than 36 million Americans currently live in poverty, homelessness in the United States is at an all-time high, and demand for food aid in the United States is at an all-time high nationwide.

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