President Donald Trump has claimed the United States is the "hottest" country and touted the economy as the greatest it's ever been — but he had a different message on Friday and tried to claim the recent jobs report numbers were inaccurate.
Trump appeared to face the rising unemployment rate and shared a few excuses to justify why he thinks the job market has struggled following the November jobs report that hinted at a weakening labor market.
He wrote this on his Truth Social platform:
"The only reason our Unemployment ticked up to 4.5% is because we are reducing the Government Workforce by numbers that have never been seen before. 100% OF OUR NEW JOBS ARE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR! I could reduce Unemployment to 2% overnight by just hiring people into the Federal Government, even though those Jobs are not necessary. I wish the Fake News would report the 4.5% correctly. What I am doing is the only way to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"
Experts have warned the plummeting jobs and recent economy figures have pointed to a troubling time ahead for the U.S. economy.
The jobless rate climbed in November to 4.6 percent — up from 4.4 percent in September and from 4.0 percent in January.
