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Commerce secretary has great excuse for Trump’s gruesome jobs numbers



Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick appeared on CNBC on Wednesday, where he
tried to massage Americans’ growing concerns over the economy. When asked by
host Sara Eisen about the godawful jobs numbers—specifically in manufacturing
and small business—Lutnick gave the only excuse the White House has for their
policy failures: It’s the Democrats fault!




 



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Eisen: It's trade negotiations and deals. I do want to ask you about the
recent economic data, because today we learned that the private sector is
losing jobs, small business getting hit really hard, negative number in front
of ADP. And one of the reasons that they cite is tariffs. So do you worry about
some of the economic fallout here as these tariffs really take hold?




 



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Lutnick: No no, it's not tariffs. Remember you had the Democratic shutdown
right. And what do you think happens to small business. The people who do
business with the U.S. government, they know they're not getting paid, so they
sort of slowed down their projects. … So the Democratic shutdown hurt the
numbers. And then remember, as you deport people, that's going to suppress
private job numbers of small businesses. … So I think this is just a near term
that, and you'll see as the numbers come through over the next couple of
months, you'll see that all pass. And next year, the numbers are going to be
fantastic.

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