evidence: In January, Biden highlighted that Trump was the first president to oversee a net loss of jobs since Herbert Hoover, who was in office when the Great Depression hit — but failed to mention the 2020 pandemic caused the nosedive. [...] The data shows that manufacturing jobs have grown by about 6.5% since Biden took office. Trump ranks second at 3.4%, followed by Clinton at 2.5%. Three years into their terms, Obama and Bush had both overseen losses in manufacturing jobs. [...] PolitiFact, "Joe Biden links Donald Trump's jobs record to Herbert Hoover's, without any mention of COVID-19," Jan. 16, 2024