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After spending nearly 20 minutes lashing out at familiar targets related to the Russia investigation, President Donald Trump used his appearance on Fox & Friends Friday morning to play down the significance of the newest jobs report, which revealed the US economy lost a staggering 20.5 million jobs in April, the highest level of unemployment since the Great Depression.
Its fully expected, theres no surprise, Trump said just as the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the grim numbers. Everybody knows that. He did not offer any messages of support or concern for the millions of Americans now unemployed.
Somebody said, Oh, look at this, even the Democrats arent blaming me for that,' he continued. In fact, Democrats, as well as anti-Trump conservatives, have laid the blame for the tanked economy directly on his doorstep, arguing that a more aggressive and systematic approach to containing the spread of the novel coronavirus would have lessened the current economic catastrophe. It was just the latest example of the increasing disconnect between the stark reality of Trumps botched coronavirus response and the magical thinking required to buoy the presidents campaign to present a rosy view of his administrations performance amid the ongoing crisis.
Moreover, Trumps insistence that Fridays jobs report had been fully anticipated fails to square with his previous predictions that the crisis would disappear like a miracle. Nor do they track with top economic adviser Larry Kudlows forecast back in February that the US would avoid an economy tragedy.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/05/its-totally-expected-trump-shrugs-off-historic-unemployment-numbers/
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(6,925 posts)predictions that the crisis would disappear like a miracle. followed by >> the US economy lost a staggering 20.5 million jobs in April, the highest level of unemployment since the Great Depression.
Its fully expected, theres no surprise, Trump said just as the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the grim numbers. Everybody knows that. He did not offer any messages of support or concern for the millions of Americans now unemployed.
In all the "new" battleground States like 1) Texas 2) Iowa 3) North Carolina as well as all the regulars.
On edit: And Georgia, Nevada, Arizona... the orange virus MUST BE CRUSHED defeated like no one b4!