“We’ve lost 90,000 plants and factories ... since NAFTA.”
What FactCheck.org found
Updated Census Bureau data show a decrease of about 74,000 “manufacturing establishments” in the U.S. between 1995 and 2022, the most recent year for which data is available. About one-quarter of the decline was in establishments with four or fewer employees — so it’s unclear how many count as a manufacturing factory or plant.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (U.S. President) made this claim around 7 April 2025. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 15 April 2025, 8 days later. Its rating was “That figure is questionable”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
This check was done by FactCheck.org, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.