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Johnny2X2X

(23,930 posts)
3. 100% true!
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 09:02 AM
Yesterday

I remember one month with Biden, he was cranking jobs out at such a torrid pace that 300,000+ jobs were expected to be added that month, when the report came in at 188,000 jobs instead of over 300K, it was a national news story for 2 weeks about the jobs miss. It was framed as a disaster and he took more heat for that than the last jobs report Trump just produced, which showed 184,000 jobs added, not for a month, but for all of 2025! The 188K was still more than Trump averaged per month before Covid. It was a solid report, but because Biden was crushing it for so long on jobs, it was reported on as a disaster.

Think about that. Biden added 188,000 jobs in 1 month and it was reported on for weeks as a crisis and a disaster. Trump added 184,000 jobs in an entire year and we've barely heard a word about it in the media. Instead they focused on the 130,000 jobs Trump's economy added in January as less was expected. Trump got praised for 130,000 measly jobs added, which doesn't even keep up with population growth. Biden got hammered for 188,000 added. That's the garbage we're dealing with.

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