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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump isn't helping himself by slamming a 3.9% unemployment rate
The only way to take Donald Trump's rhetoric about jobs seriously is to ignore every piece of information and forget everything we know about his record.
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Late last week, however, the news wasnt quite as great as its been recently: The preliminary data showed an economy that added 175,000 jobs in April, as the unemployment rate inched up, from 3.8% to 3.9%.
And it was at that point when Donald Trump, who told the public two days earlier that Biden-era job numbers should be seen as fake, seized on the data from April to claim that the White House is destroying the country.
......In fact, in Trumps first year in the White House, the average number of jobs created by month was 176,000 almost identical to the tally from last month. The average number of jobs created by month across the first three years of Trump term (before Covid) was 177,000, which, again, is nearly identical to the tally from last month, which he described as a disaster.
The total number of jobs created across Trumps first three years was roughly 6.3 million, while the total number of jobs created across Bidens first three years was roughly 14.7 million......
The only way to take the Republicans rhetoric about job growth seriously is to ignore every relevant piece of information and forget everything we know about his own record.
In fact, in Trumps first year in the White House, the average number of jobs created by month was 176,000 almost identical to the tally from last month. The average number of jobs created by month across the first three years of Trump term (before Covid) was 177,000, which, again, is nearly identical to the tally from last month, which he described as a disaster.
The total number of jobs created across Trumps first three years was roughly 6.3 million, while the total number of jobs created across Bidens first three years was roughly 14.7 million.
The only way to take the Republicans rhetoric about job growth seriously is to ignore every relevant piece of information and forget everything we know about his own record.
And it was at that point when Donald Trump, who told the public two days earlier that Biden-era job numbers should be seen as fake, seized on the data from April to claim that the White House is destroying the country.
Link to tweet
......In fact, in Trumps first year in the White House, the average number of jobs created by month was 176,000 almost identical to the tally from last month. The average number of jobs created by month across the first three years of Trump term (before Covid) was 177,000, which, again, is nearly identical to the tally from last month, which he described as a disaster.
The total number of jobs created across Trumps first three years was roughly 6.3 million, while the total number of jobs created across Bidens first three years was roughly 14.7 million......
The only way to take the Republicans rhetoric about job growth seriously is to ignore every relevant piece of information and forget everything we know about his own record.
In fact, in Trumps first year in the White House, the average number of jobs created by month was 176,000 almost identical to the tally from last month. The average number of jobs created by month across the first three years of Trump term (before Covid) was 177,000, which, again, is nearly identical to the tally from last month, which he described as a disaster.
The total number of jobs created across Trumps first three years was roughly 6.3 million, while the total number of jobs created across Bidens first three years was roughly 14.7 million.
The only way to take the Republicans rhetoric about job growth seriously is to ignore every relevant piece of information and forget everything we know about his own record.
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Trump isn't helping himself by slamming a 3.9% unemployment rate (Original Post)
LetMyPeopleVote
May 8
OP
Trump was president for 48 months. The unemployment rate was below 3.9% for 19 months.
onenote
May 8
#2
Numbers matter - rather than saying 6.3% to 3.9% say unemployment dropped 40PERCENT!!!!!
NoMoreRepugs
May 8
#3
liberal N proud
(60,378 posts)1. If you tell the ignorant that 3.9% is bad they will believe you
trump plays the ignorant like fiddles
onenote
(43,050 posts)2. Trump was president for 48 months. The unemployment rate was below 3.9% for 19 months.
Joe Biden has been president for 40 months. The unemployment rate has been below 3.9 percent for 25 of them.
NoMoreRepugs
(9,597 posts)3. Numbers matter - rather than saying 6.3% to 3.9% say unemployment dropped 40PERCENT!!!!!
Even brain dead magats can recognize a BIG number.