Topic: manufacturing
Trump’s June CPI Post: Five Claims Checked
Verdicts: 2 True, 3 Misleading
Two claims are True (largest monthly drop since April 2020; all 67 Bloomberg economists missed) and three are Misleading: ‘across the board’ ignores food and shelter rises, the 0.8% real wage gain…
Trump’s Toyota-Texas Post: What the Announcement Actually Says
Verdicts: 1 Mostly True, 2 Misleading
Toyota is shifting Tacoma pickup production from one Baja California plant to Texas in a $3.6B investment, but maintains Mexico operations and cited USMCA uncertainty rather than endorsing tariff…