WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American economy is reeling from a devastating one-two punch as July’s catastrophic jobs report reveals only 73,000 new positions created (and previous months’ revised steeply down), while Trump simultaneously unleashed his most destructive tariff blitz yet, targeting 92 countries with crushing levies that will hammer working families with skyrocketing prices on everything from coffee and paper towels to pharmaceuticals and cars.
The anemic job growth represents a shocking collapse from previous months and falls far below economists’ estimates, while brutal downward revisions to prior months’ employment data expose the true depth of Trump’s economic failures and prove his promises of a soaring economy are nothing but lies designed to mask the reality that his reckless policies are leaving millions of workers and families to bear the crushing burden of his incompetent leadership.
In response, Defend America Action Senior Spokesperson Rodericka Applewhaite released the following statement:
“Trump continues to shoot our economy in the foot with his reckless tariffs and trade wars, and working families are paying the devastating price. His failed policies have created a dangerously weakened job market, leaving everyday Americans scrambling for work while MAGA Republicans slash health care and food assistance programs that millions rely on. Today’s abysmal job numbers, combined with his unprecedented tariff assault on 92 countries, expose the brutal truth: Trump’s economic agenda is an unmitigated disaster that’s crushing the very people he claims to champion. Every single day, working families across America are paying the price for his reckless incompetence.”
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