Thread by @trcfwtt, Dear democrats,Stop letting trump lie about his economic record. Thank you. https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2019/07/05/trump-is-falling-almost-1-million-jobs-short-vs-obama/#7a144fd48caa [...]

Dear democrats,

Stop letting trump lie about his economic record.

Thank you.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2019/07/05/trump-is-falling-almost-1-million-jobs-short-vs-obama/#7a144fd48caa

Trump Is Falling Almost 1 Million Jobs Short Vs. Obama

Trump’s economy is not the best ever. In fact Obama added almost one million more jobs than Trump over the same timeframe.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2019/07/05/trump-is-falling-almost-1-million-jobs-short-vs-obama/#7a144fd48caa

https://fortune.com/2019/06/03/stock-market-trump-obama-sp-500/

S&P 500 Has Performed Far Worse Under Trump Than Under Obama

Dow Industrials and Nasdaq also saw much higher growth in 2009 to 2012.

https://fortune.com/2019/06/03/stock-market-trump-obama-sp-500/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trumps-trade-war-squashed-an-estimated-300000-jobs-so-far-moodys-estimates/

Trump trade war with China has cost 300,000 U.S. jobs, Moody's estimates

Economist says the world's two biggest economies are engaged in a "dangerous game of economic chicken"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trumps-trade-war-squashed-an-estimated-300000-jobs-so-far-moodys-estimates/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-06/factory-job-losses-send-new-warning-signal-to-trump-on-trade-war

Factory Job Losses Send New Warning Signal to Trump on Trade War

President Donald Trump lauded a tight labor market Friday as the unemployment rate hit a 50-year low. He didn’t mention job losses appearing in manufacturing, a key industry for his base of support...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-06/factory-job-losses-send-new-warning-signal-to-trump-on-trade-war

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-10-09/despite-trump-vow-manufacturing-in-recession

Manufacturing is now officially in recession, despite Trump's vow to boost industry

After Trump's vow to boost industry and two years of gains, manufacturing is in recession, threatening the livelihoods of many of his supporters.

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-10-09/despite-trump-vow-manufacturing-in-recession

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/its-official-the-trump-tax-cuts-were-a-bust-2019-01-30

It’s official: The Trump tax cuts were a bust

Lower taxes helped goose profits and stocks, but did little for jobs or the economy.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/its-official-the-trump-tax-cuts-were-a-bust-2019-01-30

https://www.npr.org/2019/11/10/778097948/farm-bankruptcies-surge

Farm Bankruptcies Surge

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Dale Moore, executive vice president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, about its recent report that shows farm bankruptcies are up 24% from last year.

https://www.npr.org/2019/11/10/778097948/farm-bankruptcies-surge

https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/11273-real-wages-flat-impact.html

Real Wages Have Been Flat for Decades (and What That Means for Small Businesses)

Real wages have remained stagnant over time, and even as hourly wages increase, so, too, does the cost of living. The impact this trend has on consumer spending could be problematic for many small...

https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/11273-real-wages-flat-impact.html

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/why-record-low-us-unemployment-doesnt-mean-stronger-wage-growth-2019-10-1028578470

Here's why you still can't get a raise, even with unemployment at a 50-year low | Markets Insider

The latest jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed a 50-year low for the US unemployment rate. But it also showed wage ...

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/why-record-low-us-unemployment-doesnt-mean-stronger-wage-growth-2019-10-1028578470

https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/15201-slowdown-in-smb-employment-growth.html

SMB Growth Slows Despite Continued Job Creation

June 2019 marked the 19th consecutive month of employment growth among SMBs, but they struggle to find skilled workers, according to a monthly jobs report

https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/15201-slowdown-in-smb-employment-growth.html

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/why-record-low-us-unemployment-doesnt-mean-stronger-wage-growth-2019-10-1028578470

Here's why you still can't get a raise, even with unemployment at a 50-year low | Markets Insider

The latest jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed a 50-year low for the US unemployment rate. But it also showed wage ...

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/why-record-low-us-unemployment-doesnt-mean-stronger-wage-growth-2019-10-1028578470

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/26/health-insurance-premiums-increased-more-than-wages-this-year.html

Health insurance premiums increased more than wages this year

The average annual health insurance premiums for family coverage for employer-sponsored health plans has topped $20,000 for the first time, according to data from the Kaiser Family Foundation's...

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/26/health-insurance-premiums-increased-more-than-wages-this-year.html

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/10/health-insurance-rate-1719381

Number of uninsured Americans rises for the first time since Obamacare

It's the first time the rate has increased since the Great Recession.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/10/health-insurance-rate-1719381

https://twitter.com/propublica/status/1205915359154446338

https://twitter.com/propublica/status/1205915359154446338

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1206725755813666817

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1206725755813666817

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/fed-study-finds-trump-tariffs-backfired-2019-12-27

Fed study finds Trump tariffs backfired

A study by Federal Reserve economists found that President Trump’s initial round of trade tariffs in 2018 backfired on the U.S. manufacturing sector.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/fed-study-finds-trump-tariffs-backfired-2019-12-27

The truth about trump's economy is far from "booming". https://twitter.com/STPFreak/status/1211148690133602304?s=20

https://twitter.com/STPFreak/status/1211148690133602304?s=20

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/10/30/trump-is-even-losing-economy/

Opinion | Trump is even losing on the economy

What happens when Trump cannot even brag about the economy?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/10/30/trump-is-even-losing-economy/

https://twitter.com/cnnbusiness/status/1212508848348684288?s=21 https://twitter.com/CNNBusiness/status/1212508848348684288

https://twitter.com/cnnbusiness/status/1212508848348684288?s=21

https://twitter.com/alecmacgillis/status/1214599733521633281?s=21 https://twitter.com/AlecMacGillis/status/1214599733521633281

https://twitter.com/alecmacgillis/status/1214599733521633281?s=21

Wage growth for the bottom is due to some STATES raising the minimum wage, NOT trumps disastrous economic policies https://www.npr.org/2020/01/09/794280616/minimum-wage-hikes-fuel-higher-pay-growth-for-those-at-the-bottom

Minimum Wage Hikes Fuel Higher Pay Growth For Those At The Bottom

Wages rose faster for low-income workers than for any other group in 2019. The gains are partly explained by the tight labor market. But increases in minimum wages also contributed to the gains.

https://www.npr.org/2020/01/09/794280616/minimum-wage-hikes-fuel-higher-pay-growth-for-those-at-the-bottom

trump’s Apprenticeship Program, that Ivanka uses for photo ops, has been a failure. https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/20/trump-apprentice-program-1373205

Trump’s latest version of The Apprentice falls short

Not a single apprenticeship program has been created under the president's program.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/20/trump-apprentice-program-1373205

Misuse of funds is kinda their MO. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/trump-apprenticeship-plan-under-fire-for-alleged-misuse-of-funds

Trump Apprenticeship Plan Under Fire for Alleged Misuse of Funds

The Labor Department misused more than $1 million to finance a White House-directed apprenticeship program after repeatedly telling Congress that existing funding would not be spent on the initiati...

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/trump-apprenticeship-plan-under-fire-for-alleged-misuse-of-funds

Ivanka has turned this into another photo op. No, she hasn’t created 14 million jobs by taking credit for the program. https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-slaps-his-name-on-obamas-jobs-program-then-makes-it-impossible

Trump Slaps His Name on Obama’s Jobs Program, Then Makes It Impossible

It was an actual job-creator. But with just $5 million, Mr. ‘Apprentice’ and Ivanka say they’ll gin up millions of new internships, even as they slash everything around it.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-slaps-his-name-on-obamas-jobs-program-then-makes-it-impossible

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-coal-fired-power-plants-120852122.html

U.S. coal-fired power plants closing fast despite Trump's pledge of support for industry

Power companies retired or converted roughly 15,100 megawatts (MW) of coal-fired electricity generation, enough to power about 15 million homes, according to the data, which included preliminary...

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-coal-fired-power-plants-120852122.html

https://fortune.com/2019/01/14/coal-power-plants-trump/

Coal Power Plant Shutdowns Surge Under Trump

There were more in Trump's first two years in office than Obama's four.

https://fortune.com/2019/01/14/coal-power-plants-trump/

https://phys.org/news/2019-05-coal-power-trump.html

50 US coal power plants shut under Trump

Fifty coal-fired power plants have shut in the United States since President Donald Trump came to office two years ago, an environmental organization said Thursday.

https://phys.org/news/2019-05-coal-power-trump.html

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-solar-tariffs-idUSKBN1Y71V8

U.S. solar group says Trump tariffs killing jobs; White House says 'fake news'

The U.S. solar industry warned on Tuesday that the Trump administration's tariffs on imported panels will cost the United States 62,000 jobs and $19 billion (£14.81 billion) in investment, an...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-solar-tariffs-idUSKBN1Y71V8

http://blogs.edf.org/energyexchange/2018/01/25/trump-kills-solar-jobs-taxes-families-and-businesses-but-he-cant-kill-solar-competitiveness/

Trump kills solar jobs, taxes families and businesses, but he can’t kill solar competitiveness

With President Trump’s announcement this week to slap a 30 percent tariff on imported solar cells and modules, the solar industry once again finds itself in the firing line, targeted by the political...

http://blogs.edf.org/energyexchange/2018/01/25/trump-kills-solar-jobs-taxes-families-and-businesses-but-he-cant-kill-solar-competitiveness/

https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2019-12-03/us-solar-industry-to-lose-62-000-jobs-due-to-trump-tariffs-study

U.S. Solar Group Says Trump Tariffs Killing Jobs; White House Says 'Fake News'

https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2019-12-03/us-solar-industry-to-lose-62-000-jobs-due-to-trump-tariffs-study

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-16/economists-don-t-see-any-u-s-growth-bump-from-u-s-china-deal

Economists Don’t See Any U.S. Growth Bump From U.S.-China Deal

Economists played down the prospect that the first phase of a trade deal signed this week by the U.S. and China will lift American economic growth in 2020, contradicting the optimism of the Trump...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-16/economists-don-t-see-any-u-s-growth-bump-from-u-s-china-deal

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/01/17/united-states-china-trade-deal-not-a-win-100533

Opinion | The U.S.-China Trade Deal Was Not Even a Modest Win

It’s generous to even call it a deal.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/01/17/united-states-china-trade-deal-not-a-win-100533

https://twitter.com/morningmoneyben/status/1219797766010036224?s=21 https://twitter.com/morningmoneyben/status/1219797766010036224

https://twitter.com/morningmoneyben/status/1219797766010036224?s=21

Princess Pledge To Photo Op strikes again

https://www.industryweek.com/supply-chain/article/22028125/enough-is-enough

Enough Is Enough

Trump takes credit for reskilling efforts that Toyota and others have been building for years.

https://www.industryweek.com/supply-chain/article/22028125/enough-is-enough

“The president’s tariffs, when combined with corresponding retaliation, threaten over $470 billion of traded goods annually.”

Read more: https://www.americanactionforum.org/research/the-total-cost-of-trumps-new-tariffs/#ixzz6CN0087GD
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The Total Cost of Trump’s Tariffs - AAF

The following analysis calculates the overall impact that tariffs could have on the prices of goods in the United States.

https://www.americanactionforum.org/research/the-total-cost-of-trumps-new-tariffs/#ixzz6CN0087GD

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/01/30/us-economy-grew-23-percent-2019-slowest-trumps-presidency-held-back-by-trade-fears-global-slowdown/

U.S. economy grew 2.3 percent in 2019, the slowest of Trump’s presidency

Last year’s growth was the weakest since Trump took office, according to Commerce Department data released Thursday.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/01/30/us-economy-grew-23-percent-2019-slowest-trumps-presidency-held-back-by-trade-fears-global-slowdown/

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-claims-auto-manufacturing-has-boomed-during-his-presidency-it-hasnt-2019-02-14

Trump claims auto manufacturing has boomed during his presidency — it hasn’t

Many of the jobs that came back to the U.S. were planned before Trump took office.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-claims-auto-manufacturing-has-boomed-during-his-presidency-it-hasnt-2019-02-14

https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2019/11/26/trumps-economy-is-on-the-cusp-of-negative-growth/

Trump’s Economy Is On The Cusp Of Negative Growth

With some projections showing less than 1% GDP growth in the December quarter, a larger than normal change in trade or inventory could generate negative growth for the quarter.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2019/11/26/trumps-economy-is-on-the-cusp-of-negative-growth/

https://www.salon.com/2019/12/28/bad-reporting-on-the-economy-is-ennobling-trump/

Bad reporting on the economy is ennobling Trump

The economy is doing great, the mainstream media says — and Trump responds by slashing food stamps

https://www.salon.com/2019/12/28/bad-reporting-on-the-economy-is-ennobling-trump/

An excellent thread on the real economic numbers https://twitter.com/darinp2/status/1170424595968479232?s=21 https://twitter.com/darinp2/status/1170424595968479232

https://twitter.com/darinp2/status/1170424595968479232?s=21

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/08/trumps-pledge-to-save-us-coal-is-failing-leaving-wyoming-in-crisis.html

Trump's pledge to save US coal is failing, leaving coal country in crisis

In the past five years, coal output is down 27%, triggering a wave of bankruptcies. No state has suffered more than Wyoming, the nation's largest coal producer, accounting for 40% of the nation's...

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/08/trumps-pledge-to-save-us-coal-is-failing-leaving-wyoming-in-crisis.html

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/obama-was-better-for-your-401k-than-trump-has-been-122241424.html

Obama was better for your 401(k) than Trump has been

Trump says only he can protect your 401(k) plan. Facts say otherwise.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/obama-was-better-for-your-401k-than-trump-has-been-122241424.html

https://www.protectourcare.org/drug-prices-soar-despite-trumps-promises/

Drug Prices Soar Despite Trump’s Promises — Protect Our Care

Despite President Trump’s promise to lower the cost of prescription drugs, prices continue to skyrocket under his administration. Drug companies have increased the prices of thousands of medications...

https://www.protectourcare.org/drug-prices-soar-despite-trumps-promises/

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/industrial-output-slumps-in-january-for-fourth-decline-in-past-five-months-2020-02-14

Industrial output slumps in January for fourth decline in past five months

Industrial output declined 0.3% in January, due to warmer weather and a slowdown in production of commercial aircraft, the Federal Reserve said Friday.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/industrial-output-slumps-in-january-for-fourth-decline-in-past-five-months-2020-02-14

https://twitter.com/wto/status/1229375084076232706?s=21 https://twitter.com/wto/status/1229375084076232706

https://twitter.com/wto/status/1229375084076232706?s=21

https://twitter.com/damianpaletta/status/1230623927757672454?s=21 https://twitter.com/damianpaletta/status/1230623927757672454

https://twitter.com/damianpaletta/status/1230623927757672454?s=21

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