... 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?

... 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 ...

Things, and uncertainty, such as the following do not help US manufacturing.

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My guess is that those increased costs have not yet made it to the end-consumer ....