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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(132,916 posts) Sat Dec 20, 2025, 04:06 PM Dec 20

Donald Trump reacts to spiking unemployment numbers

President Donald Trump on Friday defended his administration’s jobs record again in a Truth Social post, in which he claimed the rising unemployment figure is due to cuts in government jobs.

“100% OF OUR NEW JOBS ARE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR! I could reduce Unemployment to 2% overnight by just hiring people into the Federal Government, even though those Jobs are not necessary,” Trump wrote, adding, “I wish the Fake News would report the 4.5% correctly.”

“The only reason our Unemployment ticked up to 4.5% is because we are reducing the Government Workforce by numbers that have never been seen before,” Trump wrote.

Why It Matters

Unemployment rose to 4.6 percent in November, raising concerns of a cooling market. The Trump administration has struggled with the public reception on jobs numbers, especially after a few significant corrections on previously reported numbers, which led to Trump firing the Commissioner of Labor Statistics in August due to the July jobs number coming 73,000 jobs short of expectations.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/donald-trump-reacts-to-spiking-unemployment-numbers/ar-AA1SGIxV

Donny always quotes numbers never seen before if you know what I mean.

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Donald Trump reacts to spiking unemployment numbers (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 20 OP

You forgot about durablend Dec 20 #1

You said you could not afford 11 dolls.... usedtobedemgurl Dec 20 #2

He fired everybody in the federal govt but could hire them back to reduce unemployment?? Irish_Dem Dec 20 #3

If he really wanted to increase private sector jobs Phoenix61 Dec 20 #4

It would seem that all the new ICE hires would offset flvegan Dec 20 #5

Trump makes it clear, he fired a lot of people. That's why so many people no longer have a job. Johonny Dec 20 #6

Of course, Trump has no idea what he is talking about. Wiz Imp Dec 20 #7

durablend

(8,898 posts)

1. You forgot about

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Dec 20, 2025, 04:10 PM

Dec 20

"ALL OF IT IS BIDEN'S FAULT!!!!!!!!!"

usedtobedemgurl

(1,931 posts)

2. You said you could not afford 11 dolls....

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Dec 20, 2025, 04:20 PM

Dec 20

Now you do not have to worry about buying any. You are welcome!!!! Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Irish_Dem

(79,886 posts)

3. He fired everybody in the federal govt but could hire them back to reduce unemployment??

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Dec 20, 2025, 04:32 PM

Dec 20

Phoenix61

(18,706 posts)

4. If he really wanted to increase private sector jobs

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Dec 20, 2025, 05:32 PM

Dec 20

he’d push a universal health care program. How many people would love to start a business but are trapped working for a company just to get medical insurance?

flvegan

(65,790 posts)

5. It would seem that all the new ICE hires would offset

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Dec 20, 2025, 05:54 PM

Dec 20

anyone recently removed from the govt payroll.

He's such a fucking moron.

Johonny

(25,493 posts)

6. Trump makes it clear, he fired a lot of people. That's why so many people no longer have a job.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Dec 20, 2025, 06:43 PM

Dec 20

So, the reason the economy sucks is Trump's fault. I'm convinced.

Wiz Imp

(9,012 posts)

7. Of course, Trump has no idea what he is talking about.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Dec 20, 2025, 07:14 PM

Dec 20

He is right that Government jobs ar down since January so all NET job gains have come from the private sector. However, that does NOT mean that 100% of "new" jobs are in the private sector.

As for his claim that "we are reducing the Government Workforce by numbers that have never been seen before". Government jobs are down 188,000 since January - a 10-month span. In reality, Government jobs were reduced by over 800,000 in the 10 month period from May 2010 to March 2011. Government jobs were down bu a significantly larger percentage during almost the entirety of Obama's 1st term than they've been under Trump.

To say that all the Government jobs eliminated are not necessary is insane. We know of tons of stuff that isn't getting done that should be because people were fired and not replaced. That includes many functions that should be considered "essential" and were considered as such in the past.

Finally, if the 188,000 drop in Government employment were added back to employment roles, that would decrease the unemployment rate from 4.6% to 4.5%, NOT 2.0%. Even if we add back the full decrease in Federal Government jobs, it would still just reduce the unemployment rate to only 4.4%.

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