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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(134,923 posts)
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 07:56 PM Friday

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

OC375

(729 posts)
1. Fiction had to crash sometime, and I'm glad it's on his watch
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 08:00 PM
Friday

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

(2,494 posts)
3. I never believed the January numbers
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 08:23 PM
Friday

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

(13,591 posts)
4. He was correct about one thing!
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 08:53 PM
Friday

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

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