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Drudge Retort: The Other Side of the News
Wednesday, January 07, 2026

"It's not just that American manufacturing under President Donald Trump is shrinking," argued journalist David Shuster on his Blue Amp Substack. "It's that U.S. manufacturing is shrinking under a lunatic who never tires of boasting that he alone can make U.S. manufacturing great again."

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... Shuster observed that U.S. manufacturing actually grew under Biden. "Output climbed to record levels. Investment poured into factories, supply chains stabilized following the Covid hurdles, and the dull, unglamorous business of making things regained a measure of dignity. The boost in U.S. manufacturing was achieved not with chest-thumping speeches or tariff tantrums, but with policies designed for the real world -- predictability, infrastructure, and a government that did not wake up each morning looking for a trade war to fight," Shuster wrote. ...

In that comment, my guess is that "predictability" is very important.

Why would companies want to make multi-year, approaching decade-long, investments when Pres Trump has shown time and time again that he will change his monetary policy on a whim on a week by week, even day by day, basis?


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-07 02:31 AM | Reply

Anyone who thought electing a billionaire who appointed other billionaires to fix the mess created by billionaires is a special kind of stupid.

#2 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-01-07 07:06 AM | Reply

The only people who didn't see this coming were the idiots who voted for him three times.

The only people dumber than them are those who sat out the 2024 election out of spite.

#3 | Posted by jpw at 2026-01-07 09:36 AM | Reply

That's more people than voted for either candidate.

No Show, is the President.

Venezuela had a similar problem with Low Turnout.

The Americans said that made Maduro illegitimate.

Why don't they say that about Trump?

He had no clear majority with registered,eligible, voters. More people abstained than voted for him or Harris.

Why isn't he being kidnapped to The Hague?

For being Illegitimate?

#4 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-01-07 10:42 AM | Reply

Keep being flippant about your role in this debacle.

Might make you feel better but it only makes you sound like a self righteous schmuck.

#5 | Posted by jpw at 2026-01-07 02:16 PM | Reply

"Manufacturing Is Collapsing Under Trump"

How's manufacturing in Venezuela? Can we just add their numbers to our numbers and make things better?

#6 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-07 02:22 PM | Reply

fate is going to say "Hold my Beer!"

#7 | Posted by fresno500 at 2026-01-08 03:30 AM | Reply

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