{"id":45201,"date":"2020-05-08T12:47:56","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T19:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=45201"},"modified":"2020-05-08T22:24:42","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T05:24:42","slug":"trumps-heartless-take-on-dreadful-jobs-report-its-fully-expected-and-im-not-to-blame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=45201","title":{"rendered":"Trump’s Heartless Take on Dreadful Jobs Report: It’s Fully Expected and I’m Not to Blame"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the history of Donald Trump’s presidency is written, it will be difficult to find documentation of any genuine expressions of sympathy for the American people, whether those whose lives were upended by hurricanes, refugees from poverty and oppression, or the victims of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. Trump appears utterly incapable of having a human feeling for people who have suffered misfortune. Although he always seems to be pretty charitable toward corporations and the wealthy.<\/p>\n

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On Friday morning the latest jobs report<\/a><\/strong> was released and it revealed a historic decline for the month of April. More than 20.5 million jobs were lost, a number not seen since the Great Depression. The unemployment rate tripled to 14.7%, which is likely an undercount because it doesn’t include those who are not currently looking for work due to the Stay-At–Home policies currently in effect.<\/p>\n

Trump was being interviewed on Fox News by the “Curvy Couch”<\/em> potatoes of Fox and Friends when the report became public. The program interrupted their predictable Trump-fluffing to announce the new data and get a response from Trump. So in keeping with his callously uncaring demeanor, Trump’s initial message to the nation was this:<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s fully expected. There\u2019s no surprise. Everybody knows that. Somebody said, \u2018Oh, look at this.\u2019 Well, even the Democrats aren\u2019t blaming me for that.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The worst job losses since the Great Depression just slammed into our economy because of Trump's egregious mishandling of the coronavirus outbreak, and his first reaction? <\/p>\n

"It's totally expected. There's no surprise." pic.twitter.com\/6LIMhj31MG<\/a><\/p>\n

— Andrew Bates (@AndrewBatesNC) May 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n