National Manufacturing Day, 2020

Proclamation 10091 of October 1, 2020

National Manufacturing Day, 2020

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

Since the founding of our Nation, Americans have been
renowned for their craftsmanship and productivity. On
National Manufacturing Day, we celebrate our dedicated
American workers who carry on this legacy, recognizing
that manufacturing is a cornerstone of our economic
prosperity and national security. The workmanship and
ingenuity of American manufacturers make ``Made in the
U.S.A.'' an enduring stamp of patriotism and
excellence, and we will always support the men and
women whose work ensures that American manufacturing is
second to none.

Since my first day in office, I have put America first,
ushering in an unprecedented manufacturing revival. In
2017, I signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,
supercharging our economic resurgence after more than a
decade of stagnation. My Administration also embarked
on a long-overdue effort to eliminate unnecessary and
burdensome regulations, unleashing the full potential
of our manufacturers. Under my leadership, we also
renegotiated one-sided and unfair trade deals, finally
putting American workers and their interests first to
ensure they can compete on a level playing field with
their foreign counterparts.

These policies and achievements have delivered historic
results for the American worker and American families.
Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, our Nation had added
more than 483,000 manufacturing jobs since my
inauguration. In addition, more than 430 organizations
have signed my Administration's Pledge to America's
workers, committing to providing education and training
opportunities for 16 million American students and
workers over the next 5 years, with manufacturing
workers as a primary beneficiary. Thanks to the
renegotiated United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement,
which I signed in September of 2018, American
manufacturers are being treated more fairly on the
global stage, and we ended a bilateral trade deficit of
more than 170 percent caused by previous
administrations' disastrous policies. In January of
this year, I also delivered on my promise to replace
the outdated North American Free Trade Agreement by
signing into law the United States-Mexico-Canada
Agreement, which will create nearly 600,000 new jobs--
including 76,000 in the auto industry alone--and spur
up to $235 billion in new economic activity for our
country.

In recent months, the vital importance of our Nation's
manufacturing sector to the strength, security, and
resilience of our country has become abundantly clear.
Since the arrival of the coronavirus from China, the
health and safety of the American people has depended
more than ever on American manufacturing for essential
goods and medical supplies. To help facilitate the
delivery of essential supplies and goods, I invoked the
Defense Production Act and related authorities more
than 100 times since March to launch the greatest
manufacturing mobilization since the Second World War,
quickly focusing the might of American industry toward
defeating the virus. Our manufacturers have delivered
when they were needed most, working with Federal,
State, and local government partners to produce more
than 240 million N95 respirators, one billion surgical
masks, 45 million face shields, 430 million gowns, and
28 billion gloves--in addition to continuing to keep

grocery store shelves stocked and deliver other
essential goods to the American people. The men and
women who occupy manufacturing sector jobs have been
and continue to be heroes in this effort, ensuring the
strength of our supply chain and fueling our nationwide
response to the virus.

As our Nation continues to reopen, we know that our
manufacturing sector is vital to our economic recovery.
Already, we are seeing signs that a historic resurgence
is well underway; we added 29,000 manufacturing jobs in
August alone, the same month in which manufacturing
activity reached a 19-month high. American workers have
pioneered the greatest advancements in history, and
they will overcome this latest challenge as well and
continue to transform lives around the world. Today, as
we celebrate National Manufacturing Day and our
Nation's exceptional manufacturing heritage, let us
resolve to expand American excellence in manufacturing
into the future, securing our national prosperity for
generations to come.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Donald J. Trump, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the
United States, do hereby proclaim October 2, 2020, as
National Manufacturing Day. I call upon all Americans
to observe this day to celebrate today's manufacturing
and the U.S. manufacturers that make our communities
strong.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
first day of October, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and forty-fifth.