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President Donald Trump doesn't hesitate to take credit for the real or the imagined.
In this case, it's more the imagined, despite his repeated claims he's bringing more auto jobs back to America.
Motor vehicle and parts manufacturing employment in the U.S. declined about 5,000 from 788,900 in December 2016 to 783,200 in November 2017, Phoebe Wall Howard of the Detroit Free Press writes:
When Fiat Chrysler announced its decision to move production of the Ram Truck plant from Mexico to Michigan, President Donald Trump tweeted praise for the company's "very wise decision" and a promise of more to follow.
But economic analysts note that the 2,500 jobs Fiat Chrysler plans to create at the Warren Truck Plant lags the auto manufacturing jobs lost in 2017.
And despite the significant development, announced Thursday, which FCA confirmed will lead to hiring in 2020, auto industry analysts say many jobs will go to autoworkers whose jobs will have been eliminated at other plants and also by shifting temporary workers into full-time roles.
-- Allan Lengel
