Michigan has seen a net loss of jobs in certain sectors since Trump returned to the White House, most notably in manufacturing where there has been a loss of 9,200 jobs between August 2024 and August 2025. The economic policies the Trump administration put in place are part of the Project 2025 Heritage Foundation recipe for economic classism and class warfare. Representative Tim Walberg has consistently backed these painful and unnecessary economic strategies, regardless of the obvious data showing the losses. Other sectors, like professional and business services, have also declined, with a loss of 11,200 jobs during the same period.
Manufacturing: This sector has experienced a significant decline, with 9,200 jobs lost between August 2024 and August 2025.
Professional and Business Services: This sector has also seen job losses, with 11,200 jobs gone in the year ending August 2025.
Overall Employment: Some reports indicate a recent downward trend in job numbers, with Michigan losing 13,800 jobs in the 12 months ending March 2025, rather than the previously reported gains.
Clean Energy Jobs: An advocacy group reports that Michigan has seen over 6,000 clean energy jobs canceled or delayed since Trump entered his second term, including a recent layoff of 1,200 workers at a General Motors electric vehicle plant in Detroit.
When congressional district 5 decides that it can no longer tolerate the train wreck economy being manipulated by big government, and vote Tim Walberg out, we will be free of the huge government market manipulation that is draining our previous growth.