President Trump Makes a Tricky 2020 Pitch in the Rust Belt

Donald Trump campaigned for president on a promise to bring back American manufacturing. As he prepares to run for re-election in 2020, his new strategy seems to be highlighting individual factories to argue that he is succeeding, while blaming unions and corporate leaders for any failures.

On Wednesday, that meant a trip to a tank factory in Ohio. The Lima Army Tank Plant at the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center is hardly a typical example of the decline of American manufacturing.

Donald Trump campaigned for president on a promise to bring back American manufacturing. As he prepares to run for re-election in 2020, his new strategy seems to be highlighting individual factories to argue that he is succeeding, while blaming unions and corporate leaders for any failures. On Wednesday, that meant a trip to a tank factory in Ohio. The Lima Army Tank Plant at the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center is hardly a typical example of the decline of American manufacturing.