“The only reason our Unemployment ticked up to 4.5% is because we are reducing the Government Workforce by numbers that have never been seen before. 100% OF OUR NEW JOBS ARE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR! I could reduce Unemployment to 2% overnight by just hiring people into the Federal Government, even though those Jobs are not necessary. I wish the Fake News would report the 4.5% correctly. What I am doing is the only way to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” @realDonaldTrump
Fact-Check Summary The post claims that unemployment has risen to “45” (interpreted as 4.5–4.6%), attributes the increase solely to unprecedented federal workforce reductions, states that “100% of new jobs” are in the private sector, and argues unemployment could be immediately lowered by mass federal hiring. Factually, the latest official data confirm unemployment at 4.6% for […]