Hello,
Last Thursday, the Department of Labor confirmed that unemployment still stands above 11%.
In response, Donald Trump held a press conference, declared that “our economy is roaring back,” and then fled the room before taking any questions from reporters.
If we were there, we might have tried to ask the president a few things -- like how exactly 12 million Americans out of work equals a “roaring” economy. But if we did ask, Trump probably would have just called us “fake news.”
Here’s what’s not fake news -- almost 50 million Americans have filed joblessness claims in just the last 15 weeks. But it looks like that inconvenient truth isn’t helping Trump’s re-election campaign -- so he’s choosing to ignore it and pat himself on the back instead. Do you think that’s right? Tell us now:
