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17th February 2017, 07:46 PM
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President Donald Trump (http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/donald-trump.htm) on Friday touted the latest Boeing 787 Dreamliner as proof of a coming American manufacturing renaissance. He toured the South Carolina facility and hailed it as a sign of steps toward generating more U.S factory jobs.
Nearly five years ago, President Barack Obama (http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/whitehouse/barack-obama.htm) made a similar visit to the facility in Everett, Washington. His message: America needs to prepare for the loss of factory jobs to automation and retool its economy.
The contrast speaks to the fundamental difference between Trump and Obama's economic policies. Where Trump promises a return to a brawny America full of factory jobs, Obama sought to increase exports and manufacturing output to help support job creation elsewhere in the services sector.
Trump blames factory job losses on cheap foreign labor and trade pacts. His speech at the Boeing plant in North Charleston, South Carolina, never once touched on the increasing role of robots on assembly lines. It glossed over Boeing's own statement that 30 percent of the parts for the 787 fleet come from foreign factories.
"Our goal as a nation must be to rely less on imports and more on products made here in the USA," Trump said. "We're going to fight for every last American job."
He proudly referenced the evolution of airplanes as proof of U.S. competitiveness. The Wright brothers invented a small wooden plane that first flew in 1903, Trump said, a far cry from the use of carbon fiber in the newest 787, which has room for 330 passengers.
The threat to U.S. workers comes not from advanced technology but from factories that have moved manufacturing overseas, Trump said — something he pledged to stop, saying, "There will be a very substantial penalty to be paid."
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Conducting his first visit beyond the Beltway since his inauguration four weeks ago, President Trump on Friday stressed his "America First" trade and economic policies during a campaign-like visit to an airplane plant operated by Boeing — a company he has criticized in the past.
"We are going to fight for every last American job," Trump told employees at Boeing as the company rolled out its latest model, the 787-10 Dreamliner ("Dreamliner ... great name," the president said).
President Donald Trump (http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/donald-trump.htm) on Friday touted the latest Boeing 787 Dreamliner as proof of a coming American manufacturing renaissance. He toured the South Carolina facility and hailed it as a sign of steps toward generating more U.S factory jobs.
Nearly five years ago, President Barack Obama (http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/whitehouse/barack-obama.htm) made a similar visit to the facility in Everett, Washington. His message: America needs to prepare for the loss of factory jobs to automation and retool its economy.
The contrast speaks to the fundamental difference between Trump and Obama's economic policies. Where Trump promises a return to a brawny America full of factory jobs, Obama sought to increase exports and manufacturing output to help support job creation elsewhere in the services sector.
Trump blames factory job losses on cheap foreign labor and trade pacts. His speech at the Boeing plant in North Charleston, South Carolina, never once touched on the increasing role of robots on assembly lines. It glossed over Boeing's own statement that 30 percent of the parts for the 787 fleet come from foreign factories.
"Our goal as a nation must be to rely less on imports and more on products made here in the USA," Trump said. "We're going to fight for every last American job."
He proudly referenced the evolution of airplanes as proof of U.S. competitiveness. The Wright brothers invented a small wooden plane that first flew in 1903, Trump said, a far cry from the use of carbon fiber in the newest 787, which has room for 330 passengers.
The threat to U.S. workers comes not from advanced technology but from factories that have moved manufacturing overseas, Trump said — something he pledged to stop, saying, "There will be a very substantial penalty to be paid."
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Conducting his first visit beyond the Beltway since his inauguration four weeks ago, President Trump on Friday stressed his "America First" trade and economic policies during a campaign-like visit to an airplane plant operated by Boeing — a company he has criticized in the past.
"We are going to fight for every last American job," Trump told employees at Boeing as the company rolled out its latest model, the 787-10 Dreamliner ("Dreamliner ... great name," the president said).