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One may argue that NAFTA was oversold to the masses and stole American jobs in the long term. Trump administration attempted to fix this problem by revisiting NAFTA.
American economic activity was doing very well under Trump Presidency with unemployment reaching a record low until COVID-19 outbreak. All manner of statistics indicate as much.
This meme is misleading TBH.
One can make the argument that the US economy is doing well despite what Trump is doing or not doing. I think too much importance is given to POTUS and its effects on the economy. There are factors, including the Federal Reserve bank, Congress, international factors, etc.
As for the revisiting of NAFTA and the "stealing" of jobs...it is just a canard used to scare people. How any jobs has Trump brought back to US since his election? Very few. For a man who has no experience in manufacturing, his fantasy of some country stealing American jobs is laughable when it's all about economics. Trump likes to blame China for stealing jobs, like it's the only country doing so. The fact of the matter is that if it wasn't China, it could be Vietnam, India, Pakistan, or elsewhere. Why would a company pay someone $20/hr when someone is willing to do it for $2/hr? And most jobs aren't going overseas but are lost to advances in technology.
It would better if energy, time, and resources are spent on retraining the workforce for opportunities that currently exist. US is facing a severe shortage in skilled workers, and I'm not talking about jobs requiring a college degree.