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- U.S. President Donald Trump announced an April 'Liberation Day' declaration predicting significant job growth from import tariffs and later claimed a 'Trump economic boom' during a recent public speech.
- The Washington Post reports 72,000 manufacturing jobs have been lost since the announcement.
- Current employment stands at 12.7 million.
- Economists, including Michael Hicks of Ball State University, attribute job losses to tariffs.
- Westlake Corp. idled production lines and eliminated 295 jobs.
