Mega-Thread: Trump Focused Discussion

[Rasulis]

The report claims 130,000 new jobs, higher than anything in 2025.

What's interesting is two things: one, the report is fiction. It's double predicted levels with no evidence. Two, it's still underwhelming. 130,000 per month is better than Trump has had no question, because Trump fails at everything, but even if it was true and even if he kept it up, it'd be 1.5 million in a year, which is not great or even average.

Trump will crow about this report, which is lackluster, until it is revised downwards twice, when he will assume people have forgotten.

Bookmark me.

I just want to add this from BLS.

The job gains in 2025 have been revised down significantly, reflecting a weaker labor market than previously estimated. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the total nonfarm employment growth for 2025 was revised down to 181,000, down from 584,000, implying average monthly job gains of just 15,000. This revision indicates that the employment picture in the U.S. is weakening, with a total of only 181,000 jobs added in all of 2025. The revisions also suggest that all months of 2025 have been revised down, with the unemployment rate declining to 4.3% from 4.45%.

Navarro is correct in saying mass deportation had a major impact on the job report. More people deported less workers. Also, people are afraid to go to work. Even less workers. No workers to hire meant crappy job gain report. That's how the US managed to get low job report numbers and low unemployment at the same time.

I don't think the number is fake. What's interesting is that when you look at the job gain by sectors, the entire thing was driven entirely by two sectors - construction (from data centers construction) and primarily health care. Except for those two sectors, everything else are shit.

Job growth by sectors from BLS.

Professional and business services also started to recover in the last 3 months. Many companies are rehiring the people that they laid off and tried to replace with AI.

[btlcryct]

"cartel drones" sure thing, jan

especially given that the faa and pentagon aren't seemingly on the same page, this reeks of some incompetence followed by some swift ass-covering

I'm not saying they're telling the truth, but I also don't think it's that far-fetched either. People have been using drones to drop contraband into prisons for a few years now.

[Edge-]

I'm not saying they're telling the truth, but I also don't think it's that far-fetched either. People have been using drones to drop contraband into prisons for a few years now.

i don't think it's entirely made up, no

but apparently this is the first airspace closure like this since 9/11

it's very possible there was a drone incursion, even from cartels

but i think, and this could be true at the same time, the higher likelyhood is one of the incompetent dumbshits in the administration panicked and went to 11 before people who aren't dumbshits actually figured out what was going on and unfucked it

[Breccia]

was revised down to 181,000, down from 584,000

Jeez, that's not even funny.

And if all of 2025 added 181k with every month revised downwards, I am even further convinced that January report of 130k is wrong.

[Rasulis]

Jeez, that's not even funny.

And if all of 2025 added 181k with every month revised downwards, I am even further convinced that January report of 130k is wrong.

Garbage in, garbage out. The number is based on BLS survey. Between the snowstorm and reduced BLS personnel, the sample size was reduced substantially.

BTW, that low unemployment will make is less likely that the Feds will reduce rate.

[Edge-]

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5...ratings-polls/

huh

gallup will stop doing presidential approval polls after 88 years

the president has no clothes, i guess

[Azadina]

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5...ratings-polls/

huh

gallup will stop doing presidential approval polls after 88 years

the president has no clothes, i guess

88 seems like the perfect round number to stop at. Reflects the administration well, I'd say.

[Rasulis]

US job growth for the last 12 months (click on the 12 months tab).

https://www.bls.gov/charts/employmen...ly-changes.htm

The only reason we did not see a negative job growth was healthcare. Without healthcare, we would have seen net job loss.

Impressive job growth in healthcare - 773,000 in the last 12 months and 137,000 in January. What the hell is going on? Lots of sick people?

[En Sabah Nur]

REP JAMIE RASKIN: "You can let her filibuster all day long, but not on our watch, not on our time. No way. And I told you about that, attorney general, before you started."

AG BONDI: "You don't tell me anything you washed-up loser lawyer — not even a lawyer."

Its a Fox tweet so feel free to never click it, but she really is just a nasty ass woman, isn't she?

I miss professionalism.

[Breccia]

Lots of sick people?

I legit think it's more than just that. The pharmaceutical companies have just made the medical industry so lucrative that they can afford to hire more people to be more indespensible. Yes, we have way more old people (total and percentage) than in decades past, but I think medical jobs are growing because that's where the money is.

And related to what you said, I'd rather have medical job growth than no job growth at all. But at this point, we're discussing a restaurant review with an overcooked steak, flat Diet Coke, stale greasy fries and only vanilla ice cream. Does it matter if the sprig of parsley was fresh?

[Edge-]

Its a Fox tweet so feel free to never click it, but she really is just a nasty ass woman, isn't she?

I miss professionalism.

i wish democrats would just drop the decorum and respond in kind, at least

[Mayhem]

Its a Fox tweet so feel free to never click it, but she really is just a nasty ass woman, isn't she?

I miss professionalism.

Oh, sweet, we can now play the game: who said it? loser in CoD or US Politician

[En Sabah Nur]

i wish democrats would just drop the decorum and respond in kind, at least

We're kinda getting there, I guess.

Rep. Jesús García comes out swinging: "You're one of the worst attorney generals in our history and an instrument of Donald Trump's lawless authoritarian agenda, and I'm glad the American people are seeing who you are."

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Professional and business services also started to recover in the last 3 months. Many companies are rehiring the people that they laid off and tried to replace with AI.

I cannot wait for the AI bubble to burst. It's glorified Google and not a replacement. AI helps me search and find the information to do what I need to do faster. It cannot do what I do.

[Rasulis]

I legit think it's more than just that. The pharmaceutical companies have just made the medical industry so lucrative that they can afford to hire more people to be more indespensible. Yes, we have way more old people (total and percentage) than in decades past, but I think medical jobs are growing because that's where the money is.

And related to what you said, I'd rather have medical job growth than no job growth at all. But at this point, we're discussing a restaurant review with an overcooked steak, flat Diet Coke, stale greasy fries and only vanilla ice cream. Does it matter if the sprig of parsley was fresh?

It is perplexing. Rural hospitals are closing left and right. However, big city hospitals are opening annexes and hiring like crazy. There are currently 250,000 healthcare job openings on Indeed. Big hospitals too - Mount Sinai, John Hopkins, UCSF, TBHC.

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Heh! No comments.

Texas builders ask ICE to stop immigration crackdown at construction sites

A group of South Texas Builders visited Capitol Hill and the White House on Wednesday, warning immigration raids of construction sites affect the workforce, and end up raising the price of construction.

“A project that was taking maybe 4 to 5 months on an average starter-type home is now taking 8, 9, 10 months, just because of the delays,” said Efrain Gomez, the treasurer of the South Texas Builders Association. “It’s a huge ripple effect.”

Construction loans in South Texas have decreased by 30% over the past year, according to Mario Eden Guerrero, the CEO of the South Texas Builders Association.

“We don’t believe that companies and the economy could sustain this,” he said.

That partially explains the pitiful job reports.

[Belize]

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5...ratings-polls/

huh

gallup will stop doing presidential approval polls after 88 years

the president has no clothes, i guess

Fucking spineless cowards, the lot of them

[Edge-]

Texas builders ask ICE to stop immigration crackdown at construction sites



That partially explains the pitiful job reports.

lmao get fucked by your own policies, republicans.

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https://www.npr.org/2026/02/11/nx-s1...hild-sex-abuse

A Florida handyman who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been convicted of multiple state charges of child molestation and exposing himself to children, prosecutors told NPR. Andrew Paul Johnson, the pardoned rioter, attempted to bribe one victim with money he claimed he would receive as part of restitution for Jan. 6 defendants, police reported. The conviction is the latest case of a pardoned Capitol rioter committing new crimes after receiving a pardon.

On Tuesday, a jury in Hernando County, Fla., found Andrew Paul Johnson guilty of five charges, including molesting a child under 12 and another under 16, as well as lewd and lascivious exhibition. Johnson was acquitted of one charge of sending sexual material to a child.

these are core republican voters, y'all

these are donald's people

his fellow pedophile child rapists

a face or the republican party, just one of many -



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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/airspac...n-sources-say/

The unexpected but brief airspace closure in the Texas border city of El Paso stemmed from disagreements between the Federal Aviation Administration and Pentagon officials over drone-related tests, multiple sources close to the matter told CBS News.

The Pentagon had undertaken extensive planning on the use of military technology near Fort Bliss, a military base that abuts the El Paso International Airport, to practice taking down drones.

Two sources identified the technology as a high-energy laser.

Meetings were scheduled over safety impacts, but Pentagon officials wanted to test the technology sooner, stating that U.S. Code 130i requirements governing the protection of certain facilities from unmanned aircraft had been met.

FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford on Tuesday night decided to close the airspace — without alerting White House, Pentagon or Homeland Security officials, sources said.

Bedford told officials the airspace restrictions would be in place to ensure safety until issues with the War Department could be resolved.

The FAA declined to comment.

The critical bulletin issued to pilots and airlines not to fly below 18,000 feet was initially set for 10 days, a duration for a full grounding not used since the 9/11 terror attacks. The FAA notice warned violators risked being shot down.

Earlier this week, the anti-drone technology was launched near the southern border to shoot down what appeared to be foreign drones. The flying material turned out to be a party balloon, sources said. One balloon was shot down, several sources said.

so that unprecedented closure of airspace around el paso? the thing that hasn't happened since 9/11?

yeah, that was entirely this administration's incompetence

because, working like a well oiled machine, every department is arguing with each other and disagreeing

fuck all these stupid fucking people and their stupid fucking voters

[Draco-Onis]

I just want to add this from BLS.



Navarro is correct in saying mass deportation had a major impact on the job report. More people deported less workers. Also, people are afraid to go to work. Even less workers. No workers to hire meant crappy job gain report. That's how the US managed to get low job report numbers and low unemployment at the same time.

I don't think the number is fake. What's interesting is that when you look at the job gain by sectors, the entire thing was driven entirely by two sectors - construction (from data centers construction) and primarily health care. Except for those two sectors, everything else are shit.

Job growth by sectors from BLS.

Professional and business services also started to recover in the last 3 months. Many companies are rehiring the people that they laid off and tried to replace with AI.

Something to keep in mind annual job growth was 1.9 million per year under Trump it is 180K/year. A lot of revisions have been made to the numbers, it seems the goal is to show bigly numbers to please Trump and correct them on the backend. Either way it is foolish to trust any numbers coming out of the Trump administration and he keeps talking from both sides of his mouth saying we are a hot economy and begging for rate cuts.

[Valdhammer]

Its a Fox tweet so feel free to never click it, but she really is just a nasty ass woman, isn't she?

I miss professionalism.

What’s happening at the DOJ under this administration is horrendous and will be felt for years to come. The department has been gutted and new hires are asked questions like “who did you vote for?” and “Which of President Trump’s executive orders are you most looking forward to enforcing?”

[Dontrike]

"Trump is a genius when it comes to the economy" one coworker told me last year.