115,000 jobs and they want a parade — read the fine print
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The April jobs report beat forecasts — 115,000 jobs added, double what economists predicted. Trump celebrated on Truth Social. But trade and transportation shed 58,000 positions in the same month. Federal government jobs fell. IT jobs fell. The sectors that grew: healthcare and warehousing. Button: warehousing is what you do with goods when trade slows down. That's not a jobs report. That's a symptom.
America-first economics. The jobs beat is a real hook but the composition tells Mike's story — manufacturing and trade exposure vs. healthcare growth. Distinct from the Cummins and Whirlpool economic posts in recent content.
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Trump went on Truth Social to celebrate 115,000 jobs in April. Beat forecasts. Good number on paper. The media ran with it.
Here's what they didn't put in the headline. Trade and transportation shed 58,000 positions that same month. Federal government jobs fell. IT jobs fell. The sectors that actually grew? Healthcare and warehousing. Healthcare because people are still sick and someone has to staff the clinics. Warehousing because when trade slows down and goods pile up, somebody has to stack them. That's not an economy adding jobs. That's an economy adjusting to less movement.
And here's the number they buried: 2025 has produced just 398,000 private sector jobs total. That's the slowest pace since 2003. I remember 2003. The plant down the road was still open. Barely. Warehousing is what you do with goods when the shelves stop turning. It's a symptom. That's not a jobs report worth a victory lap.
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115k jobs sounds great until you see where they came from. warehousing and healthcare aren't a boom. they're a tell. #jobs #economy #maga #america
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