Trump touts 'great jobs numbers' that aren't so great
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday touted the "great jobs numbers" since he took office — numbers that his own administration's official statistics show aren't all that great.
Trump said in a tweet that "at some point the Fake News will be forced to discuss our great jobs numbers, strong economy" and other successes of his administration.
From February through May — the latest data available — the U.S. economy has created 594,000 net new jobs, according to the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics. That's fewer than the 659,000 created during the final four months of the Obama administration, which Trump criticized for its job growth.
Although the Bureau of Labor Statistics adjusted its figures for seasonal disparities, such as the increased hiring during the Christmas holiday season, some would argue that a better comparison would be February through May of 2016.
But the numbers under Trump fall short there, too, as the economy added 658,000 jobs during that period.
So if there have been "great jobs numbers" under Trump, then they were even greater under President Barack Obama.
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