The Job numbers for December are in and terrible, how bad will it get?

[888theGreat]

Only 50,000 new jobs for Christmas , which is the worse I have ever seen in my lifetime. Usually you have 200,000 to 300,000 new jobs for Christmas. Also job numbers for previous months were down graded and corrected. Lots lower folks. No Trump momentum.

We lost almost 200,000 jobs in December. 8000 Manufacturing Jobs gone. Trump continues to, lose more manufacturing jobs than gained.

Its a train wreck. Tariffs have not worked and only made retail prices higher for Americans.

People Trump continues to lie about a booming economy. But you know when you reach in your pocket and have no money , he can't tell you that you are only imagining it. When you pay $1500 for groceries a week for just 3 people, he can't tell you Groceries are cheap.

Ecoonomy is booming , I will believe Trump's lies. I must I voted for him.

Things are getting worse and prices continue to rise , and layoffs continue and new jobs are declining and Inflation is still rising

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Trump also wants AI to replace American workers because he said they are stupid and lazy and can't do technology jobs.

[sawno]

I don't think even the trump supporters believe his economy is great lies. The most they give him credit for is the stock market and they find that one pretty irrelevant. The statistics your showing aren't even going to be accurate, there's a ton of fake jobs out there that are completely unreasonable, seek impossible qualifications and pay way to little for anyone to be worth that. Or they are created just to get a specific person in they already wanted to be in where nobody else can even get trough.

[888theGreat]

The 50,000 new jobs will down graded to 25,000 most likely. yet we have people here saying we got Trump momentum. they economy is going to boom. Of course they will be still saying that when Trump is dragged out of the White House after being Impeached. Then they will say if Trump would have been allowed to stay in we would have had a boom.

[BonzoInBitburg]

The job numbers are worse than it looks because they always get revised downward the next month. Novembers jobs numbers were revised down 8k and Octobers were revised down 68k. The 50k will be revised down next month. The US averaged 49k new jobs a month in 2025 (will be lower after next months revised numbers) compared to 168k a month in 2024.

[exitseven]

The jobs numbers were lower than the 72,000 that was expected. However unemployment was lower which was unexpected and wages vs. inflation was up. It was a solid B.

[888theGreat]

Because people fell out and gave up finding a job. They are still no working. The numbers are much higher. We are at 20% unemployment really. . manufacturing in US is dead. 8000 more lost. Trump is losing manufacturing not gaining. Tariffs only increase prices.

[exitseven]

Tariffs are bringing jobs back. It will take more than a few months for new factories to be built. We are at 4.4% unemployment for December, slightly down but it is going in the right direction. Trump cannot fix everything overnight. The stock markets are at record levels because investors have confidence that Trumps policies will be good for America.

[888theGreat]

did you see the stats 8000 manufacturing jobs lost. Trump has lost manufacturing jobs every month , no gains. You are hoping , not reality.

[exitseven]

it takes time to build factories. The trend for the last 30 years was to ship all jobs overseas. It will take more than a few months to fix this. Look forward ot better numbers next year.

[Likes2drive]

Most likely because of AI becoming more popular in business taking away jobs, and salaries are not keeping up with inflation

[OneViewpoint]

Who the hell thought universal tariffs were the solution to anything? Only our brain damaged MAGA morons.

As for how bad is it going to get? A lot worse! Tariffs and the resulting fallout in damaged trade relationships are not like flicking a light switch on/off. It took time to work through existing inventories and establish alternate customers or sources of supply. We are just starting to feel the long term effects of MAGA stupidity. Jobs will continue to be killed off. Prices will continue to rise for food, cars, appliances, and homebuilding.

There is no easy path back from this disaster. We are looking at 10 to 20 years to recover from tRump's second term of crime and buffoonery while we wait for AI to take off and make human labor obsolete in many jobs. Some people will crash and burn mid career in this economy. Millions will never see a career in the traditional sense. We'll be extremely lucky if this doesn't end up as a second Great Depression.

[douride2]

The worst part of all this is that so many still believe all his untruths.

[888theGreat]

Yep, if they lost their marriage, home, car , and job they would blame everybody but Trump.

[exitseven]

what is not true? Yes he did not end the war in Ukraine in one day although he very easily could have done it. He did shift the funding of the war onto NATO and since all the munitions used comes from US factories the US actually makes money off it.

[Anonymous]

This is false.

Jobs added in 2025 were 650,000 which is around 54,000 per month. December jobs are in that range. This is the highest jobs growth year since Covid.

Compare this to 256,000 in 2024, which is around 21,000 jobs per month, 29,000 jobs less than the December number you're complaining about.

If you're going to use statistics to dazzle us, then at least use truthful statistics.

[888theGreat]

Typical Trump voter deny actual facts and numbers

[888theGreat]

worse since 2003 , you better quit listening to FOX/Trump and actually look the numbers up

[Opinion Owner]

I looked up the numbers on the Department of Labor web site, the only official primary source. They are cited in my original response to the question.

[Anonymous]

Ai will wipe out tens of millions of jobs before the decade is out

Next decade will be the people themselves, mulched into the fields