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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(13,555 posts)
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 07:33 AM Wednesday

Trump spokesperson..America doesnt need big job growth anymore because of deportations

Peter Navarro, senior counselor for trade and manufacturing to Donald Trump, was speaking on Fox News last night.

We have to revise our expectations down significantly for what a monthly job number should look like. When we were letting in 2 million illegal aliens a day we had to produce 200,000 [jobs] a month for steady stay.

Now 50,000 a month is going to be more like what we need. Wall Street, when this stuff comes out, they can’t rain on our parade, they just have to adjust for the fact that we’re deporting millions of illegals.
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FalloutShelter

(14,336 posts)
1. So get out there kids and...
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 07:38 AM
Wednesday

Pick those cabbages… they’re not going to pick themselves.

… 🤔

Vinca

(53,627 posts)
4. That makes zero sense. The farmer with 200 cows to milk still needs someone to milk the cows.
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 07:47 AM
Wednesday

Volaris

(11,545 posts)
7. No, no..see, if theres no one to do that job, that job just..goes away!
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 08:45 AM
Wednesday

It's like how when you leave the dishes in the sink for 4 days, they magical themselves clean and put themselves away. EVERYONE knows that's how THAT works; you must have TDS.

gab13by13

(31,733 posts)
5. People, you are misinterpreting what Navarro really means
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 07:52 AM
Wednesday

We don't need poor people, they can either be deported or exterminated like cockroaches.

Project 2025, written by billionaires, wants depopulation. Poor people are poisoning the blood of billionaires, AI will take care of menial tasks.

sop

(18,041 posts)
6. Jobs aren't created for immigrants who come to America, they come here for the jobs no one else will do.
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 08:34 AM
Wednesday
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