Sorry, Trump voters: Those factory jobs aren’t coming back — because they don’t exist anymore

Sorry, Trump voters: Those factory jobs aren’t coming back — because they don’t exist anymore

(Credit: Reuters/Lucas Jackson/shutterstock/Salon) When Donald Trump moves into the White House later this month, there will be great expectations resting on his ability to make good on one of the central planks of his campaign: Restoring America’s industrial glory days and “bringing back” jobs. In areas that have been hit particularly hard by deindustrialization, like the Rust Belt — which ultimately gave the election to Trump — working-class swing voters will be anxiously waiting for the president to “make America great again,” which to them means bringing back decent paying jobs along with some stability.

Unfortunately for America’s struggling working […]

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