{"id":5504,"date":"2026-10-03T01:41:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T06:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/03\/can-america-make-things-again\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T01:41:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T06:41:58","slug":"can-america-make-things-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/03\/can-america-make-things-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Can America Make Things Again?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 858\/483\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/LrtkMUovoQQ\/maxresdefault.webp)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JPMorgan, Ford to Invest Billions in Michigan Manufacturing\" width=\"858\" height=\"483\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LrtkMUovoQQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"about:blank\"><\/iframe><span class=\"smush-play-btn\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"smush-play-btn-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div> DETROIT, MI \u2013 October 3, 2026 (STL.News) There was a time when three words were familiar to generations of American consumers: Made in U.S.A. They appeared stamped into tools, printed on packaging, sewn into clothing, and attached to products manufactured in American factories. For many consumers, the words represented more than a country-of-origin statement. American manufacturing itself could be a selling point. The United States still manufactures enormous quantities of goods and remains one of the world\u2019s major industrial economies. But American manufacturing has changed dramatically. Millions fewer Americans work in manufacturing than at the industry\u2019s employment peak<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stl.news\/can-america-make-things-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DETROIT, MI \u2013 October 3, 2026 (STL.News) There was a time when three words were familiar to generations of American consumers: Made in U.S.A. They appeared stamped into tools, printed on packaging, sewn into clothing, and attached to products manufactured&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5505,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5504"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5506,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5504\/revisions\/5506"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}