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mahatmakanejeeves

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Sat Feb 1, 2020, 04:34 PM Feb 2020

You say Ivanka created 10 million jobs? Surely you mean 15 million jobs. [View all]

Monday, July 1, 2019:

Why does Trump assert that Ivanka created 10 million jobs?

"You probably saw that Ivanka Trump was -- she's done a fantastic job, and also a fantastic job in getting jobs for a lot of people within our country -- almost 10 million people," Trump told the media during a news conference over the weekend in Osaka, Japan.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/01/politics/ivanka-trump-donald-trump-jr/index.html

It's worth noting that Trump's audience applauded this preposterous statement as though it's true



Here’s Trump claiming today that Ivanka has “created over 15 million jobs” — or more than twice the number of total jobs created in the entire country since he took office


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well, are we counting all of the investigative reporters lapfog_1 Feb 2020 #1
15 million? What, in China? HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #2
CHINA. Historic NY Feb 2020 #3
Maybe 50 million jobs Danmel Feb 2020 #4
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