The Rust Belt boom that wasn't: Heartland job growth lagged under Trump
Rust Belt,Donald Trump,Recession,Economy And Jobs
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The voters of Monroe County, Michigan, may have expected an economic windfall when they flipped from supporting Democrat Barack Obama to help put Donald Trump in the White House in 2016.
But it went the other way: Through the first three years of the Trump administration the county lost jobs, and brought in slightly less in wages in the first three months of 2020 than in the first three months of 2017 as Trump was taking over.
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