There is some truth in this article. The big ticket items are made, or at least assembled in the U.S., but the items most Americans use are not. Look around your own house. Buicks are soon to be made in China.
The bigger point is, what is manufacturing as percentage of US gross product. And also, could such a sector, as in the past, be large enough to eliminate (or prevent) a welfare state, thus encouraging the return of the family and keeping all Marxist social policies at bay.
"Big ticket items" sound like jets, cars, and trucks. Americans use those.