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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump is the first President to have negative job growth
since WWII. Even Bush II had a cumulative plus number.

And he is great on the Economy? That is so utterly bullshit.
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Trump is the first President to have negative job growth (Original Post)
edhopper
Sep 2020
OP
It would be interesting to see it broken down by country instead of by President
Shermann
Sep 2020
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Laelth
(32,017 posts)1. Excellent graphic. k&r for visibility. n/t
-Laelth
MyOwnPeace
(17,459 posts)2. There are MANY "firsts" for Trump............
and NONE of them good for America.......
samplegirl
(13,827 posts)3. Trump has done nothing!
world wide wally
(21,836 posts)4. This may be Trumps biggest con of all.
He keeps harping on how great the economy was before the Coronavirus hit, but his own lack of action is what made the effect what it is today.
This IS HIS economy.
RandiFan1290
(6,697 posts)6. Orange and limp. nt
Shermann
(9,021 posts)7. It would be interesting to see it broken down by country instead of by President
Republicans will just shrug this off as a black swan event (which isn't entirely unreasonable).
crickets
(26,168 posts)8. That's a good point.
Contrasting how trump has handled COVID overall shows him performing miserably in comparison to the rest of the world. The same comparison with employment rates and job creation would be illuminating.
