Photographer: Jim R. Bounds/Bloomberg BLOOMBERG NEWSThe U.S. Department of Labor released the January jobs report that showed better than expected growth of 225,000 new jobs vs. the consensus of 158,000. However, there were detailed updates with a major revision to 2018’s employment numbers, which substantially decreased job growth under President Trump. Far from being the “Best economy ever”Trump continually says that, “the U.S. is experiencing the best economy ever.” This is obvious gaslighting since the new results show that President Trump’s best year of job growth was 2.314 million in 2018 (the first year of the tax cut) but it falls short of any of Obama’s last three years. Job growth is a continuation from Obama’s PresidencyThe graph below shows the number of employees in the private sector of the economy, meaning it excludes government workers and farmers. To compare Trump’s to Obama’s record it makes sense to use comparable economic circumstances.

Source: Forbes February 07, 2020 21:00 UTC