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CNN Data Guru Humiliates Trump After Disastrous Jobs Report
The Daily Beast • • general
Key Points:
- New polling data reveals a significant decline in President Donald Trump's approval rating on economic job performance, with a net approval of minus 22 points, down 31 points since January 2025.
- The U.S. lost 23,000 jobs in July, contrary to economists' predictions of an 83,000-job gain, with major job losses in local government, hospitality, and leisure sectors.
- Public perception of job quality has worsened, with 63% of Americans in April viewing it as a bad time to find quality employment, up from 45% in January 2025.
- The hospitality sector's job losses were notable despite increased tourism from the recent soccer World Cup, attributed to renewed tariffs, rising gas prices, and ongoing war-related economic pressures.
- Economists have revised down previous months' job growth figures, indicating a broader slowdown in the U.S. labor market under Trump's administration.
