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'The worst in quite some time': Trump hit by bad news as latest job numbers shock (www.rawstory.com)

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Analysts were left shocked Wednesday after ADP released its latest jobs report that showed private employers had shed 32,000 jobs in September, a stark contrast to the expected gain of around 50,000 jobs.

The latest job numbers follow a wave of bad economic news for Trump, who raged against previous reports that showed a sharp decline in job growth, going as far as to call job numbers coming out of his own administration “rigged,” and firing the BLS chief in retaliation.

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[–] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 105 points 5 days ago (3 children)

That's how it's worked since Reagan fucked everything up.

Republicans break shit. Dems shore things up so it doesn't collapse. Republicans get in and fuck every thing up again.

Repeat until inevitable collapse.

Nothing ever gets better as a rule. Steady unaltered decline that plateaus while dems are in control

[–] _core@sh.itjust.works 22 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's called the Two Santa Strategy https://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/featured/two-santas-strategy-republicans-use-saint-nicholas-scrooge-shift-economic-messages/

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 days ago (2 children)

They stimulated the economy with a sort of sugar high, making people think that the GOP can produce a good economy;

Except Trump's #1 isn't working that way this term. He is ruining the economy fast.

[–] Quexotic@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago

I guess if you fuck it up bad enough fast enough people actually start to notice.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Yes but it doesn't matter if people THINK it's good. Enough of his voters are still delusional enough that they think the high prices are Democrat's Fault Stuff, and everything will be Fine once we have all the Hated Enemies out of our country in a year or so. My mother and stepfather think this way.

[–] Quexotic@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago

Except Democrats won't be in control for quite a while now.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 6 points 5 days ago

yeah I really can't see the pattern getting very much further. Covid sorta rescued trump1.