Trump visits a Ford pickup truck factory, aiming to promote his efforts to boost manufacturing

DETROIT (AP) — President Donald Trump toured an assembly line making Ford F-150 pickups on Tuesday, part of a Michigan trip meant to promote his efforts to boost U.S. manufacturing and counter fears about a weakening job market and still-rising prices hurting Americans’ pocketbooks.

Trump visited a factory floor at the River Rouge plant in Dearborn, where he viewed F-150s — the bestselling domestic vehicle in the U.S. — at various stages of production. He caught a first-hand look at how gas and hybrid models were built...