Donald Trump’s contentious decision to fire the U.S. statistics chief has done little to stem an economic slump, with the latest jobs report showing only 22,000 jobs were added in August - well below expectations. One month after Trump sacked the Bureau of Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer in response to weak job numbers, the unemployment rate rose to 4.3 per cent, the highest since 2021.

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    18 hours ago

    he wishes the Main Stream Media would have warned him about how awful Trump is-

    I’m really not looking forward to when maga starts to ask:

    Why didn’t anyone stop this if you knew it was gonna be so bad?

    Once the shit really hits the fan. They’ve removed all the guardrails and are gonna act shocked when a bus really goes off the cliff.

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        15 hours ago

        I wish you were right.

        But we’re still accelerating, we got all four wheels on the pavement and the pedal to the floor

        Shits gonna get fucking nuts bro