Lots of claims from Trump himself and various memes circulating the Internet about employment and as its one of his biggest claims I thought Id check it out.
Trump was inaugurated on December 19, 2016 so hes been in office for 1 year, 7 months and 5 days.
Obama was inaugurated on January 20, 2009
While addressing the General Assembly on Sept. 19, 2017 Trump claimed the following.
"Unemployment is at its lowest level in 16 years, and because of our regulatory and other reforms, we have more people working in the United States today than ever before."
Lets just have a look at the jobs claim because I maintain that noone can influence jobs that much in such a big country in just 19 months.
The statement itself if a bit confusing because if you have low unemployment it stands to reason you have more people working. But anyway, here are the official figures......
So its easy to see from the above official charts that both parts of the statement are not true.
Trump claim: "Unemployment is at its lowest level in 16 years" - NOT TRUE
Trump claim: "we have more people working in the United States today than ever before." - NOT TRUE
Its as simple as that.
LINKS
FACT CHECK: President Trump's Record On Jobs And Stocks
Trump Created More Jobs Than Previously Reported. So Did Obama
How strong has job growth been on Donald Trump's watch?
https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES0000000001?output_view=net_1mth
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