The White House is promoting two pieces of its economic agenda: the elimination of federal taxes on overtime pay and a new report showing manufacturing job gains under President Trump.
In a post on X, the White House declared, "NO TAX ON OVERTIME. PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT!" The post was accompanied by a video featuring Americans describing how the policy has affected them.
"No tax on overtime, tips and social security," a narrator says in the video. "This is something that's truly helped the American people."
A nurse of nearly 20 years explains why the change matters for her profession. "As nurses, we do pick up a lot of overtime," she says. "I think that this will put a lot of hard-earned money back into American nurses' pockets."
Another American says the policy has helped his household stretch its budget. "With the passage of the Great Big Beautiful Bill, my wife and I have benefited from the elimination of taxes on overtime, allowing us to stretch every dollar in an increasingly expensive world," he says.
A township official describes the effect on local services. "The lowering [of] taxes for our township, for the middle class, will help us in the long run to be able to put new trucks on the street and help save lives in our community."
CEA Report Shows 72,000 Manufacturing Jobs Added in 2026
In a separate post, the White House said, "After years of the Biden Admin sending American jobs overseas, President Trump is bringing critical blue-collar jobs back home and delivering HUGE wins for American workers!"
A third White House post quoted reporting on the new economic data: "A Council of Economic Advisers report says the gains follow the loss of 200,000 factory jobs in the final two years of Biden's term."
According to the CEA report, 72,000 manufacturing jobs have been added in 2026 alone, many of them driven by a rise in the manufacturing of durable goods such as metal and transportation equipment. The report describes this as a reversal of the Biden-era trend that saw 200,000 manufacturing jobs disappear in the last two years of the former president's administration.
The report credits both the administration's focus on reshoring jobs and Trump's tariff policies. It specifically points to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB), saying the law has laid the groundwork for American companies to expand domestically instead of shipping jobs overseas.
The OBBB's provisions include allowing manufacturers an immediate 100% tax deduction on expenses related to new factory construction and the purchase of machinery and equipment.
One company cited in the report, Jergens, a manufacturer based in Ohio, has expanded to Illinois. CEO Jack Schron said, "Since the passage of the bill [OBBB], our employees are voluntarily working additional hours. They are keeping more of what they earn, putting more money back into the American economy, and Jergens has a ready workforce. It is a win-win-win: a win for the employee, for Jergens and for the United States economy."
Another company, Ketchie Inc. in North Carolina, expanded its workforce by 25% after using the 100% expensing provision to purchase new machinery. According to the report, the company had waited to buy the equipment until the OBBB passed.
In a separate development, a massive $15 billion steel plant project in Iowa is set to be unveiled by President Trump. Mesabi Metallics plans to construct the new factory, creating more than 1,700 manufacturing jobs.
