See below for some thoughts by Virginia Democrats on the latest, godawful unemployment report…which strongly indicates that Trump took an economy in good shape and, through utterly moronic economic policies, turned it into a likely recession/stagflation situation. So not only has the economic “Golden Age” which Trump, Youngkin, etc. moronically promised back in January NOT come to pass, instead we’re seeing the exact opposite. The question is, will these @#$%^s ever pay the price, politically, for what they’ve done to our country? They certainly deserve to pay that price, and Virginia voters have a SUPERB opportunity this November to start doing just that!
So Much For The “Golden Age” – Economic Data Confirms Trump Policies Betray American Working Families
Awful August jobs report finds growth slowing sharply, unemployment up, job losses this summer
September 5, 2025 (Washington, D.C.) – Today the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) issued its August jobs report, which was full of woeful news for the U.S. economy. The report found that the unemployment rate rose to 4.3 percent, the highest it has been since the pandemic, and the economy only added a scant 22,000 jobs. With all data in for June, the final jobs figure for that month with revisions shows that the economy actually lost 13,000 jobs as President Trump’s tariffs took effect. Over the past four months the U.S. has averaged just 27,000 jobs added per month, a sharp slowdown from the 186,000 jobs per month the economy added in 2024.
Rep. Don Beyer, Senior House Democrat on the Joint Economic Committee, said:
“So much for Trump’s so-called “Golden Age,” this jobs report confirms Trump’s policies are betraying American working families. Trump can’t fire his way out of these stark facts: inflation is heating up, prices and unemployment are both rising, and job growth is weakening sharply, all thanks to Trump’s tariffs. Trump promised that the higher costs from his tariffs would come with a tradeoff in the form of a manufacturing boom, but we are losing manufacturing jobs at an alarming pace in 2025.
“The billionaires raking in a massive windfall from Trump’s tax cuts are thrilled, but for everyone else this economy is getting scary. Republicans in Congress could stop this at any time by allowing Democrats to pass the bills we’ve proposed to end Trump’s destructive tariffs, but they steadfastly refuse to do so.”
Below the topline, the report paints a grim picture of the economy. Manufacturing and construction jobs were down again amid the proliferation of Trump’s tariffs which were supposed to achieve the opposite result. Losses of federal government jobs dragged the numbers down, but many more are still not included in the report because a significant number of terminations will not officially take effect until September. The August job number would have been negative without 31,000 jobs added in the health sector, which will soon begin absorbing the impact of nearly $1 trillion in cuts from the Republican tax law. The unemployment rate for Black Americans rose to 7.5 percent, and was even higher for Black women, a troubling sign for the broader economy as this group is often among the first hurt by a weakening labor market.
The report is the first monthly jobs report issued since President Trump fired BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer over false claims of data manipulation; it entirely supported the trends and data showing a weakening U.S. job market previously reported by BLS during McEntarfer’s tenure.
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