New labor data shows U.S. unemployment spiking to 26 million jobs lost in the 5 weeks since the coronavirus pandemic upended the U.S., a grim picture as Pres. Trump continues to defend his economic record and press for a reopening of the economy. Aired on 04/23/2020.
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As Trump Touts Economy, Crashing Job Market Destroys 26 Million U.S. Jobs | MSNBC
Worst Economy in History – Trump’s America
@Slappypap? golden platter? Haha, the unemployment only got better by one tenth of a percentage point during Obama’s last year. Trump’s first year got better by a full percentage point. And don’t let me started on the stock market and also how news publications were talking about a crash during Trump’s first year and what not. Complete opposite happened.
@Kevin Mezentsev 16 million jobs under Obama 4.7 million under trump. 300 % increase in the stock market under obama 20% increase under trump. I don’t know what your looking at but that is a golden platter
@Kevin Mezentsev “he provided travel restrictions even before the so called “experts” ”
many countries resticted travel long before trump, he was late in doing it.
and he did it poorly, thousands got through, wth no testing or quarantine.
so the ONE thing he did right, he did badly.
@otogigamer wrong. Once the last financial yr under the previous administration has passed then the right of accomplishment there forth becomes the property of the new president. This is always underscored by a president’s inaugural national budget release.
All Obama did was flood the market with liquidity i.e. print more money andgive it to the rich. People who owned stocks, assets, hedge funds etc had the biggest 10 yr run in history. For everyone else it was a disaster underscored by the longest recovery period on record.
Trump walked into a 64% loss in subsistence jobs, replaced by a gig economy of short term employment and temporary contracts. Millennials were 20% behind where their parents were at that age because they couldn’t afford a mortgage, let alone save in an economy where 50% of households didn’t have $400 in hands on cash.
And this is how Obama said goodbye when he promised “those jobs ain’t coming back.”
tRump has made America great again. Great at loosing😢
Please lock him up as soon as possible. Vote blue come November.
Did any of his businesses work?
@This Time if you mean cheating the stupid, trumps buisinesses did great work.
@TheViperFan Paul Belardo care for a rebuttal
@This Time You seriously have to ask? But, to answer your question. NO.
I’m watching msnbc tonight because real news is getting depressing…just here for fake news and to read misled people’s comments….gotta say yall chearing me up…thank you!
Trump’s going to be like “Don’t vote for me, i’m done with this Presidency, let Joe Biden fix this mess”.
@Paul Belardo “So what you’re trying to say is without California, New York and Illinois the democrats would get always crushed. ”
nope.
you, like many conservative, mistake the election map.
it’s not CA and NY versus the rest of the country, it’s urban versus rural.
CA and NY have more large urban areas.
but you see it in Texas too, which is rapidly becoming purple as young people move there.
and the reason for that is, if you’re around more people, you tend to want to help people more.
go figure.
” without California, New York and Illinois”
so what you’re trying to say is that without a majority of the people in the US, the Republicans would win.
“Of course these States always looking for a handout.”
NY and CA contribute more in taxes than they get back from the fed.
it’s generally red states that get the most handouts.
still waiting for all this intelligence you think you have to show up.
or for you to get even one thing correct.
@d bc And so in conclusion as you could tell it will be a tTrump 2020 Landslide Victory
@d bc Are you still under the impression that Hillary won lol. Are you able to face the fact that Joe has Zero chance? Joe has no idea where he is 80% of the time, the other 20% he’s lost. In case she went to college you could take your degree and wipe your a** with it. Because if you cannot see the facts then your education has failed you. This is too easy lol
@Allan Burns cleaned what up? They never fixed testing since 2009 in the last pandemic. Every Democrat ran city has gone into the toilet. 40% taxes in NYC for a ww1 subway system and hospitals without masks.
Joe, the man who used the word”international intercourse” on national tv? Lmfao. Good luck buddy.
Donald Trump Bankrupt 6 Times…Gates 0..Cuban 0..Trump Bankrupt Winning Bigly!
@FS Y a wonderful long essay…quoting CNN. Yeah just fake news. Get woke and watch some real news like Fox or OAN.
@Rick Karsan he’s a fake billionaire
@Rick Karsan he was bailed out by Russia.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/12/21/how-russian-money-helped-save-trumps-business/#
Rick Karsan Fox or OAN so is hat the source of your stupidity.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’m watching msnbc tonight because real news is getting depressing…just here for fake news and to read misled people’s comments….gotta say yall cheating me up fast!
Soon there will be more people unemployed in the U.S. than the whole population of Canada…
um pretty sure there already is they haven’t been counted yet 🙁
Currently it’s the population of Australia 🇦🇺
You assume that everyone has been able to register as unemployed , in a system that sees 10 x more people losing their job in a week , than under worse months under Reagan and Bush jr … its not build to so massive numbers of people .
Freeda Peeple almost as many people as in Australia…couple million to go
Will get bigger cause they might move there where it’s better at they know how to deal with pandemic they still have less deaths then the US “ Murder under trumps watch “ lololol
trump base votes against their own best interest.
@Paul Belardo come on, say something funny. Perhaps about my parents. Or my gender. I know you can be amusing.
P.S. I bet you have a gender which is not defined in the shithole heartland you live in.
@Paul Belardo Trump claimed to cure corona by injecting desinfecant.
Are you still supporting this moron?
Please, please inject some desinfecant. You will win the Darwin award for sure.
Your sissy daddy will be so proud of you!
@Paul Belardo have you injected desinfecant?
Are you dead already?
@TheViperFan You have been injected with the Maximum dose of Stupidity lol. By now Viper you should know there is no way you can keep up.
@Paul Belardo trump wants you to inject desinfecant.
Only so, you can reach covfefe!
Congrats to Donald Trump with his 7th Bankruptcy! Gates 0..Cuban 0..Trump Bankrupt Winning Bigly!
And they are dumping milk and closing meat processing plants. Tired of winning yet?
You have never been associated with a winner lol. I see you have been infected with a heavy dose of stupidity lol.
The mess was caused by the heartlands.
Why do the blue states have to suffer?
Paul Belardo 🤫 your stupid is showing 🤦🏼♀️
@Paul Belardo Yaawwn! Ugh. Sorry Paul, but your lack of imagination is boring the shyte out of us! PLEASE get some new material. Better yet, just STFU and go mingle very closely with your extended inbred family. Thanks in advance!
Impeached Trump is NOTHING but a FAILURE.
@MrTommyboy68 well, the mustard thing is pretty important…
Lol. TheViperFan has a point.
When Obana asked for djon mustard, it was a betrayal to every living being in the USA. I still don’t forgive him. He caused many people to put djon mustard on their food.
Roflol.
And yes, impeached Trump is more than a failure…I would elaborate, but don’t want to swear…
@Darlene Hawkins impeached forever, guilty never.
@ako tairi well… In my eyes… He is like OJ Simpson.. Simpson didn’t go to jail… But he is guilty.
@Darlene Hawkins and in the eyes of the LAW not. guilty.
So far, 50,000 Americans dead and 26 million unemployed … and Trump gave himself 10 out of 10 in handling the pandemic …
What happened to the good old days when he just wanted to build a big beautiful WALL 😍
@donny russell Remove the word “seem” and you will be correct.
@Tadhg Flaherty in Russia there is a saying “it is better to save your neighbour’s house from fire than rebuild an entire village.” #NYmedicalsupplies#RussainAN-124Antolov.
Trump 2020 best president what did 44 do when he was in office sold outthe americans! Whst did bill y bob do ask monica
I’m watching msnbc tonight because real news is getting depressing…just here for fake news and to read misled people’s comments….gotta say yall chearing me up…thank you!
If only we had a president who listened to experts in January.
@Byron Allen Turns out China blocked Wuhan flights outbound domestically, but kept International flights out of Wuhan operational. The shut down would have needed to have been worldwide into the US. The CCP no doubt had a goal to f*k up the world. Trump admin’s failure was the lack of testing and tracing to slow the inevitable spread.
Byron Allen everything you said is a lie, wait! Trump is that you??? 😂😂
@Byron Allen STFU, Byron, you doltish, lying, readshirt pawn.
@ke mill 😂
Listen to experts😒 It was a democratic HOAX coming out his mouth
Remember Trump said he was gonna make America great again 😂
Ya right!!
Did any of his businesses work?
Those were the days🏌️🏌️🤑
He did America is number 1 in everything
@Bunyamin Esen he gave us Corona
I’m watching msnbc tonight because real news is getting depressing…just here for fake news and to read misled people’s comments….gotta say yall chearing me up…thank you!
This was easy to see coming!
trump is an expert at destroying everything!
Hahaha, nailed it
This was his last venture
But he can draw with a sharpie on a weather-map.
He huge abrain, he very stable genius!
I believe someone wrote a book titled Everything Trump Touches Dies or something along that title
I’m watching msnbc tonight because real news is getting depressing…just here for fake news and to read misled people’s comments….gotta say yall chearing me up…thank you!
@Dynamic Solution
In given situation you may like this
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfxoZp23UL8NM6St5740RRU8xAu-UcfJL
Strongest economy ever couldn’t even last 3 days against virus , biggest juiced up economy is what it was.
Yup!!
Did any of his businesses work?
@This Time I don’t think he had any business success at all. Why else did American Banks refuse to loan him any money? Now he is in the process of wrecking the US economy, destroying lives and praising himself non-stop, applauded by his spineless minions..
@Uffi Sachs does he break everything he touches
That’s a delusional myth and it won’t stand history!
Bernie had been saying this all along.
So you support a socialist? Heh how things can change
This is kinda comical to me, black folks been dealing with this for a looonnnnggg time!!! Welcome to the dark side!
Sorry I offended you. I’m just trying to understand.
Oh honey a lot of whites deal with poverty as well. Open your eyes
Anonymous 2020 This isn’t just about poverty, it’s the loss of income and the government not being adequate in their help, so no honey you open your eyes, there is not a balance at all…
I’m watching msnbc tonight because real news is getting depressing…just here for fake news and to read misled people’s comments….gotta say yall chearing me up…thank you!
Dynamic Solution And you are definitely a big part of the problem!
Whoever still supports Trump, remind me again what the G in MAGA stands for? Is this the G that you wanted all along? 26 million unemployed? Is this “winning”?
I’m watching msnbc tonight because real news is getting depressing…just here for fake news and to read misled people’s comments….gotta say yall chearing me up…thank you!
@Dynamic Solution You say you’re watching MSNBC because it’s fake news because “real” news is getting depressing… so what’s real news reporting that’s more depressing than 26 million job losses reported on “fake” news?
There are at least several million more unemployed that aren’t counted due to not qualifying as well.
several million more checks for Chump to pocket
There are millions not able to get through the system to file claims yet, it’s too log jammed to file, either by phone or by internet.
the pandemic just shows how much of a fraud and a ponzi scheme reagenonmics and trickle down economics was … if all it takes is 1 month of shut down to crash the world economy and unemployment from all those huge profits and share buy backs …. its either time for the rich to put their hands in their pockets and pay up or tear down the system and build a sustainable world economy where profit doesn’t go to individuals
you sound like a socialist my friend, isn’t that what Bernie Sanders was trying to get elected based loosely on socialist policies? I’m not knocking you + I mean no disrespect, I’m just asking
@Robert Goines no offence taken I live in new zealand … 30 percent of our economy is based on international tourism so thats now collapsed, we have had 35 years of low wages not keeping up with the rate of inflation and rising costs of living ie costs going up faster than inflation, we do have a publically funded health care and up to university funded education but we don’t consider that socialism, about 40 percent of our total work force will be without jobs soon but we as a country chose that over killing off our frail, vulnerable or elderly, we have had 1500 cases 17 deaths and about 1100 recovered, if we had not had the lock down we would have a death rate like america’s, this time this pandemic is signalling a complete change of our global economy. …
It’s our fault. Other countries don’t even have paved roads. Americans put materialism above a rainy day fund.
so much truth in your words
@Jeffrey Liddicoat Too bad that in America the belief in “Mammon” determines the religin
It took President Bush eight years to destroy our country has to do it in less than 4
No it didn’t he did that immediately when he took Clinton’s Surplus gave it to the f-ing corporations his first week in office, and only months later broke the bank with
the 9-11 sham- oh and let’s not forget his little trip to Mars!
@Matt Russillo I stand corrected, that went straight down the toilet, no feeling it out lol
Hahaha