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23 Oct, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Reminder: Nearly 1,800 factories disappeared during the Trump administration between 2016 and 2018 (BLS 2020; U.S. Census Bureau 2020a, 2020b).
What about 2019-2020?
Womp Womp
Companies Trump said would create thousands of jobs have failed to deliver

reuters.com/article/us-usa…
Trump Promised a Manufacturing Renaissance. What Happens in 2020 in Places That Lost Those Jobs?
Donald J. Trump carried several key states on a vow to end manufacturing job losses. That has not happened.

nytimes.com/2019/06/24/us/…
Fact check: Trump makes false claims about his record on manufacturing and coal jobs

cnn.com/2020/09/23/pol…

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22 Oct
Today’s #HorribleHistory highlights one of the times the US decided a duly elected government wasn’t in their interest so they actively worked against it.

The 1973 Chilean coup d'état led to Pinochet & horrible breaches of human rights

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For the 17 years of Pinochet’s dictatorship 1,000s were kidnapped, tortured & executed

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Reminder: Since 2005, Trump had applied for at least 130 trademarks in China, they were denied. However China began reversing their decision shortly before the election. Many approvals coincide with presidential actions.
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