But over the years, I hate to say we have squandered that heritage in the United States of America. Not Advantage Plastics, thank God, but all across our country. Between the 1990s and the election of Donald Trump the first time back in 2016, this country lost 5 million good manufacturing jobs. And we saw over 90,000American factories, great American factories shut their doors. And as I know I don't have to tell anyone here today, when we lose the ability to … (09:00–09:12)
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Asserts that the U.S. lost 5 million manufacturing jobs between the 1990s and 2016.
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