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Shannon Mulcahy outside her home in Whitestown, Ind. For nearly 18 years, a job at the Rexnord steel factory anchored her otherwise tumultuous life.Credit...Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times

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Shannon Mulcahy’s job at an Indiana steel plant moved to Mexico. Donald Trump vowed to keep factory jobs inside the United States.

We discuss how the president’s promise of “America First” has met the realities of American manufacturing.

On today’s episode:

Farah Stockman, a national correspondent with The New York Times, wrote about the closure of the Rexnord factory.

• Shannon Mulcahy worked at Rexnord for nearly 18 years.

Background reading:

• Workers like Ms. Mulcahy took pride in their jobs at the Rexnord factory in Indianapolis. The bearings they made were top-notch. In the end, it didn’t matter.

• Global trade has led to a more advanced economy, but many American factory jobs are disappearing.

• Economists say the bigger threat to manufacturing jobs isn’t China or Mexico, but automation.

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Farah Stockman contributed reporting.

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