BUSINESS/ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “At a luncheon this week where 600 business leaders gathered to celebrate the billions of dollars that global trade has pumped into their local economy, John Lummus, head of an economic development group, rattled off just a few of the successes: a 16 percent increase in total jobs over the last two decades, a 67 percent increase in per capita personal income. For emphasis, Mr. Lummus, director of the Upstate SC Alliance, played a video clip of the pro wrestler Ric Flair, who let loose with his trademark triumphant exclamation: ‘Woo!’ Indeed, this was by many measures a woo-worthy moment for the northwest corner of South Carolina, which global trade has transformed into an industrial powerhouse.”
–Richard Fausset, “ Why This Trump-Leaning Corner of South Carolina Has the Jitters, “The New York Times online, February 28, 2020