I didn't say "NO jobs". Disputing below.
Chronological order:
Harry S. Truman (D): +11.12 million total, ~116,000 average/month
Dwight D. Eisenhower (R): +3.53 million total, ~37,000 average/month
John F. Kennedy (D): +3.75 million total, ~110,000 average/month
Lyndon B. Johnson (D): +12.12 million total, ~199,000 average/month
Richard Nixon (R): +9.37 million total, ~140,000 average/month
Gerald Ford (R): +1.95 million total, ~67,000 average/month
Jimmy Carter (D): +10.34 million total, ~215,000 average/month
Ronald Reagan (R): +16.51 million total, ~172,000 average/month
George H.W. Bush (R): +2.62 million total, ~55,000 average/month
Bill Clinton (D): +22.94 million total, ~239,000 average/month
George W. Bush (R): +1.35 million total, ~14,000 average/month
Barack Obama (D): +11.60 million total, ~60.400 average/month
Donald Trump (1st term) (R): -2.67 million total, -56,000 average/month
Joe Biden (D): +16.25 million total, ~338,000 average/month
Donald Trump (2nd term) (R): +728,000 total (ongoing), ~34.600 average/month
Ranked from most to least jobs per month:
Joe Biden (D): +16.25 million total, ~338,500 average/month
Bill Clinton (D): +22.94 million total, ~239,000 average/month
Jimmy Carter (D): +10.34 million total, ~215,000 average/month
Lyndon B. Johnson (D): +12.12 million total, ~195,000 average/month
Ronald Reagan (R): +16.51 million total, ~172,000 average/month
Richard Nixon (R): +9.37 million total, ~140,000 average/month
Barack Obama (D): +11.60 million total, ~121,000 average/month
Harry S. Truman (D): +11.12 million total, ~116,000 average/month
John F. Kennedy (D): +3.75 million total, ~110,000 average/month
Gerald Ford (R): +1.95 million total, ~67,000 average/month
Donald Trump (2nd term) (R): +1.38 million total (ongoing), ~62,500 average/month
George H.W. Bush (R): +2.62 million total, ~55,000 average/month
Dwight D. Eisenhower (R): +3.53 million total, ~37,000 average/month
George W. Bush (R): +1.35 million total, ~14,000 average/month
Donald Trump (1st term) (R): -2.67 million total, -56,000 average/month (MINUS)
The 'recent' pattern:
Bill Clinton (D): ~239,000 average/month - UP
George W. Bush (R): ~14,000 average/month - DOWN
Barack Obama (D): ~60.400 average/month - UP
Donald Trump (1st term) (R): -56,000 average/month - DOWN
Joe Biden (D): ~338,000 average/month - WAY UP
Donald Trump (2nd term) (R): ~62,500 average/month - DOWN
Here is Trump's 2nd term history:
January 2025: +115,000 jobs
February 2025: +98,000 jobs
March 2025: +42,000 jobs
April 2025: +65,000 jobs
May 2025: -25,000 jobs
June 2025: +74,000 jobs
July 2025: +12,000 jobs
August 2025: +55,000 jobs
September 2025: +38,000 jobs
October 2025: No data (Government shutdown)
November 2025: +60,000 jobs
December 2025: +50,000 jobs
January 2026: +78,000 jobs
February 2026: +92,000 jobs
March 2026: +54,000 jobs
April 2026: -12,000 jobs
May 2026: +62,000 jobs
June 2026: +112,000 jobs
July 2026: -5,000 jobs
August 2026: +186,000 jobs (Fully revised upward)
September 2026: +60,000 jobs (Fully revised upward)
October 2026: +165,000 jobs (Latest report)
"beating economists' expectations of roughly 65,000."
It's telling that economists only expected 65,000 jobs, which shows how low the confidence in his economic direction actually was. Beating a historically low bar
is more about a temporary stroke of luck than solid policy.
His average still stands. Stop celebrating outliers.
At the end of the day, I care about the general well-being of working-class people,
not just abstract economic indexes or job numbers. True well-being is measured by whether a working family can actually afford a roof over their heads, healthy food,
sending their kids to good schools, having childcare that doesn’t cost more than
a second job brings in, and having a healthcare system where bad luck or getting sick doesn't instantly ruin a hard-working family financially. If a society adds millions of jobs,
but people still can't afford these basic necessities, the system is failing.
People didn't feel that enough when Biden was president. Trump promising to fix everything won him the election. Then voters found out that he fucks them over
like no president before, which made them reconsider trusting a pathological liar.
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