Jobs and employment figures are outstanding, even AFTER chopping government jobs (waste/bloat) and illegals self-deporting and involuntarily being deported. What does this mean? It means AMERICANS are getting more jobs. A fantastic result. GOOD DAY
before the release of the Jan 2026 Job Report after the Jan 2026 Job report the full picture of the Jan 2026 report---after factoring the downward adjustments---is mixed Mixed January Jobs Report: Job growth in Jan 2026 increased after reporting a downward adjustment, BIGLY, of 2025 job growth # from 584K to 151K This sleight-of-hand reporting flashes a shinny object (Jan 2026 job growth) to divert attention away from the downward adjustments (from 584K to 151K) for 2025 after factoring in the downward adjustments, the 151K jobs in 2025 represent the lowest job creation since 2000
Apparently you can no longer pay attention to initial reports. A larger drop than during Covid and the largest since 2008.
Since taking office a little over a year ago, the President has promised the following: $5000 stimulus checks due to the "DOGE dividend." $2000 stimulus checks from all the money collected from foreign countries, the "tariff dividend." $1000+ checks via "savings" from killing the ACA subsidies. By my count, my family should be getting checks worth a total of at least $32,000. Needless to say, we are not planning on any of it.
today, 20 Feb 2026, ~11 months after Trump 2.0' self-proclaimed liberation day, us Spreme Court rules against Trump's tariffs, limiting president's power to impose taxes / tariffs/
new economic numbers, as reported by the BLS, blew a hole in Trump’s rosy narrative as reported by Trump's BLS earlier this week, The trade deficit was down 0.2% in 2025, not down ‘78% as conveniently claimed by Trump’ GDP growth in fourth-quarter 2025 was 1.4%, not ‘5.6%’ falsely claimed by Trump The US GDP grew at just 2.2% in 2025, new full-year figures showed lower than in every year of the Biden administration. as well as of the first Trump administration other than 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic hit.
Trump Acknowledges GDP slow down in Q4 2025 / Blames Government Shutdown, even tho his poltical party controls all 3 branches of Govt https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...1-2013-blamed-president-shutdown/86472266007/, as recently as 2021 and 2023, Trump said the president is responsible for bringing parties together to avoid a shutdown.
the dotard, who, as a business operator, had filed for bankruptcy protection more than 6 times, still has not acknowledged this other economy malfeasance in the first year of Trump 2.0 US Treasury Debt-to-GDP Ratio Rises to 122% in Q4, Highest since Covid Spike At the end of Q4, the US national debt reached $38.51 trillion, having soared by yet another $2.30 trillion over the 12 months in the calendar year 2025, or by 6.3%. In Q4 alone, so quarter over quarter, the debt rose by $877 billion, or by 2.3% from Q3.
after 13 months on the job, 2026 is off to a shaky start. Jan 2026's job data was weak. Feb is not much better. U.S. weekly jobless claims increase marginally as the US labor market is trying to establish the floor / find the support Lingering uncertainty from the since-invalidated Trump tariffs was blamed for a general hesitancy among businesses to increase hiring. A rapid adoption of artificial intelligence is also adding another layer of caution, economists said.
Trump conviently brushed off affordability in the State of the Union. But Americans still feel the squeeze. 13 months after Trump 2.0's convenient lie that he will bring down inflation
Even Gretchen Whitmer is acknowledging Trump’s success in bringing investment to the USA. It’s undeniable at this point — Trump’s policies are working beautifully. GOOD DAY
Trump 2.0's Labor Dept just reported that US wholesale prices, in Jan 2026, hotter than expected, up 0.5% from December and 2.9% from a year ago Driving the increase was an uptick in the wholesale price of services, led by higher profit margins for retailers and wholesalers. The increase suggests that companies are passing along the cost of President Donald Trump's tariffs to their customers. “Retailers’ tariff bill has come down marginally in the last few months, but they have continued to lift their selling prices,” Samuel Tombs, chief U.S. economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, wrote in a commentary.
