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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(134,823 posts)
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 06:56 PM 10 hrs ago

Trump Rocked by Shock Disastrous Economy Downturn

The U.S. economy lost 92,000 jobs last month, and the unemployment rate ticked up as President Donald Trump was hit with a fresh round of abysmal economic numbers.

The unemployment rate ticked up slightly to 4.4 percent in February from 4.3 percent the month before.

It comes as the number of jobs added at the end of last year was revised down by 65,000 in December, meaning the U.S. actually lost 17,000 jobs that month.

The stock market immediately took a plunge on Friday morning as investors reacted to the surprisingly bad jobs report and oil prices spiking as Trump wages war with Iran.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-rocked-shock-disastrous-economy-150333730.html

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Trump Rocked by Shock Disastrous Economy Downturn (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 10 hrs ago OP
Fiction had to crash sometime, and I'm glad it's on his watch OC375 10 hrs ago #1
We'd Like to Thank You Herbert Hoover Coventina 10 hrs ago #2
I never believed the January numbers D_Master81 10 hrs ago #3
There are no numbrs to be believed spotthebird 9 hrs ago #5
He was correct about one thing! czarjak 9 hrs ago #4
I can tell by the adjectives and verb usage when it's Raw Story, Daily Beast or Meidas... WarGamer 7 hrs ago #6

OC375

(702 posts)
1. Fiction had to crash sometime, and I'm glad it's on his watch
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 07:00 PM
10 hrs ago

Fitting Mr. Moneybags should go down as the a-hole who rocked the boat gave everyone a haircut. The current economy left out a lot of people. Maybe this time we'll let people who care rebuild things.

D_Master81

(2,486 posts)
3. I never believed the January numbers
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 07:23 PM
10 hrs ago

Remember when in January we supposedly created almost as many jobs in the month after Christmas as we did for all of 2025? So in 1 month it swung by over a quarter million? Yeah okay

czarjak

(13,583 posts)
4. He was correct about one thing!
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 07:53 PM
9 hrs ago

“The economy works better when a Democrat is in The White House.”
Gotta give The Goober due!

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