[Opinion] Trump wants to Make Work Manly Again. Men are saying no thanks.

The American president's vision of bringing men's jobs back to the country has many flaws.

Trump wants to Make Work Manly Again. Men are saying no thanks.

David Espejo/Getty, Creativ Studio Heinemann/Getty, izusek/Getty, izusek/Getty, Ava Horton/BIThe theory behind President Donald Trump's massive wave of tariffs is that they're a way to usher in a renaissance in American manufacturing. The idea is to make America the 1950s again, labor-wise.The Industrial Revolution brought American workers from rural farms to urban factories. And over the past several decades, those factory workers have found ne…

While the US President's decisions have shaken markets, they were aimed at reducing fiscal optimisation and deindustrialisation. Economist Hubert Rodarie analyses this return to the primacy of politics.

Op-Ed: Why Rebuilding American Manufacturing Could Rebuild The Black Middle Class

Editorial Note: Opinions and thoughts are the author’s own and not those of AFROTECH. The turmoil over tariffs has taken center stage since President Donald Trump has started to make good on his campaign promise to Make America Great Again. His latest move is leveraging the tactic of tariffs to help bring back manufacturing jobs that he believes have been outsourced to other countries and should be available to people in the United States. Howev…