Year-onYear Change in US Construction Employment

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I cannot vouch for the accuracy of the numbers, but they are easy to check.

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈
‪@josephpolitano.bsky.social‬

"construction jobs are way up" [EXTREMELY LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER]

a graph of the year-on-year change in US construction employment
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‪Aaron Rupar‬
‪@atrupar.com‬
· 17h
Trump: "Construction jobs are way up, right? Well, they're up because they're building all these factories all over the country. You have car plants under construction. I spoke to Mr. Toyota in Japan. I said, 'What's you name?' 'Toy-ota!' I said, 'If your name is Toyota you're a very rich guy.'"

4:44 PM · Feb 10, 2026

"construction jobs are way up" [EXTREMELY LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER]

— Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 (@josephpolitano.bsky.social) 2026-02-10T21:44:52.118Z

Aaron Rupar
‪@atrupar.com‬

Trump: "Construction jobs are way up, right? Well, they're up because they're building all these factories all over the country. You have car plants under construction. I spoke to Mr. Toyota in Japan. I said, 'What's you name?' 'Toy-ota!' I said, 'If your name is Toyota you're a very rich guy.'"


4:13 PM · Feb 10, 2026

Trump: "Construction jobs are way up, right? Well, they're up because they're building all these factories all over the country. You have car plants under construction. I spoke to Mr. Toyota in Japan. I said, 'What's you name?' 'Toy-ota!' I said, 'If your name is Toyota you're a very rich guy.'"

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-02-10T21:13:44.927Z

[Old Crank]

1. Mr. Toyota.

I'm hoping he said that because he just couldn't remember his name.

But I would expect a President making comments would have some notes. You know pres. Of Toyota Kenji Sato, or Toyota Canada Ciryl Dimitris... But I expect too much.