Republican former president made similar promises before 2016 election in Rust belt states with little result

Donald Trump has promised to make Michigan the “car capital of the world again” as he told a rally in the bellwether county of Saginaw that he will bring back thousands of jobs lost when General Motors moved more than a dozen factories to Mexico.

However, the former president made similar promises to Rust belt states before he was elected in 2016, with little result.